The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

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THE NEW INDIA 81-611'

(From the Times.)
on which rl
India is, we believe, the only subject
o_.e
Macaulay has brought to a practical pro
...,ia,Lt"l3 at,
wit and boundless historical research. 11°.3.strative
character, being, in fact, a project for c Yb
tempted, indeed, in India was not of aoncliafdiningintibeiti_..oc
unpropitious in the success of his plan. , shoor
of the peninsula ; and circumstances have
Beeuet
eve to:
upsim weakli f lawskin g kings s and a more
bad I 'ect with *'
pnralecnti.cal.socpceoir•adtiinogniyt7
are do.
posed to listen to Mr. Macaulay on this su J And yet,
feeling of deference as well as admiration°.
~ast
when we attempt to gather from his speech wore
the fruits of an actual Indian experience,
to I
illustrate
and more that his province is rather t
or guide
the past than to comprehend the
iva
us to ihe !future. There is,
us tle'
decidedly politic as well as
first and principal point. He assuresch
coo,
the public attention has been too
ucstioy,',
trated on a very minor part of the !le _ nee
that of the Home Government. Frond° i,'4l;srd
the reP:
Government in India, and it will be able to al" ri
the mandates, the remonstrances, and eve
q
e
the
case,
u mi tb
mands of the Government at home. That was
he says, in his own time, and he intimate _ veil
probably continue to be so. The India Hous:,
nearer
near, the Board of Control is still nearer ;.oav aAo yo
still are the old gentlemen and ladies who I Zoo to
own house, and attack you, wherever they ecaocy 1°
find you, in behalf of some candidate for a va
and fill
the Court of Directors. All this occuPies_teuiplota
your weak mind ; but look beyond- u"oilot15
the magnitude, the splendour, and the soon
s that it
interest of our Indian Empire—and You double]pill
er
forget the Government at home. Single, DoGe
triple, what does it matter, so long as the Goyeriros (lo
nerad, the Council, the Courts, and the funetior
their duty? Depend on it, one incompetent ° tle
cipled collector, wielding under that modest Jil_;f than
power of a Pro-consul, will do far more alisclbere is
half a dozen stupid and jobbing directovs. of the
_,
something so poetical, so agreeable in this 'self to':
question, that it is impossible not to give °°°,ll, pie!:
so long as Mr. Macaulay assists to keep uP ratO
ing illusion. We admit that we would muegartilt
read his essay on Lord Clive than attend a v eeches
the India House, or even go over again the :Pad
delivered there last Tuesday morning. Wduty,
that if the authorities in India do their
_adoo
de
matters little whether the authorities in Lou bine si
theirs or not. We admit that no political o_sfrieocio
the distance of 12,000 miles will supply
of administration on the spot. All this is u., iu
but the reasoning is not that which we ado" utter °,
mon practice. The means are certainly a d,
small importance so long as the end is obtainethe 0'
when the end is yet doubtful, and dependent
ness of the means, we think the means not ati„,athe
important. The Government at home appoint' pint the
the dnedi'enisble,
vernment in India, the directors at home a 11.% plan
collectors in India ; so, in spite of the secou neotle'
which dingy buildings, prosy speeches, fusty old
ever
men, threadbare clerks, and endless foolscap rnc-t beg tf,
occupy in the contemplations of genius, we °er-00 1:
remain of the opinion that the Home Ge,_ve-but as
still an important affair, not for its own sakes
means to an end. a freftill
As far as we can derive any practical apP.-i; eatiliope.;
Mr. Macaulay's remarks on the comparative linibst
ante of the home Government, he simply mean
we can expect from it is to send out to India Pr whicfi
young men and sound general principles, fre°L Dial!
two descriptions of raw material the authorities 1.60 e
will manufacture a good local Administration•live
it. But what sort of a Government at home is c,
send out these two things ? Mr. Macaulay e-doe
" Double government ! Why, you must have
government—one in England and one in Calcutta., ee da
well; we admit an inevitable duality so far. Bubve,e/
not admit that because there are two there inust,„a
than two, or that, beCause there is one in ETSterOA
another in India, there must also be one in "arestwillnf
another in Leadenhall-street. All this plal -the pi,rcr
evades the real question,—Why are we to alley/no ta,,iv-
prietors of East India stock—who really haver ;Arlen
interest in the prosperity of- India than the P'toclt,,,h'
of South Sea stock or Great Western Railway )3riv
to be more than equal partners with the whole oat
people in the possession and government of thet net
empire ? Why do we perpetuate an influence tha 016"
sarily leads to much indecent canvassing, to tilersijce
tion of second-rate directors, and to the prepoa too'
of private interest in the- distribution of Indian Pasteel''
age ? Why do we deny the right of the in ore
holders to choose the Government of In at be
breath, and admit it in the next ? There ull".„ 0"
home Government, and it must not come 1.-otofl
go out with every change of Ministry, with' a thiprOf
in the Commons on the 'corn laws, on the Irish Cl3ot
on education, or the ballot. That we admit• doer
ask why it is necessary that the constant and 0 41'1
dent members of that Government should be chfss;
certain ladies and gentlemen holding shares 0' :der
mortgage on the Indian revenues, and so far c° an tie
bly less interested in the prosperity of India
the,
other creditors ? Call the Court of Directors tue,oe6
cil of the Indies, and allow it to be not so muurb6otlT,
rate body as a useful auxiliary to the Board bovni
—it still remains to be asked why two-thirds 01;0tb6 (IP'
are to be chosen by a certain body of stockhol-
The constitution of the Court of Directors yi '
fessed to have no right to the privilege.
and sin
lation to government, must be matters of Pris'",3'
portance, even if the court does no more than ne0111';
the servants of the company and send out ge_..4,011 • OA'
structions. No one has given a more direct
against the court as now constituted, against its sii
of patronage, against its obstructive and unPreWl,;
tendencies, and against its weakness, than gv.„;
lay himself. According to him, it would, r tb"
have ruined India. But, having thus implied °,03'06,03',
strong opinion against the existing court and its to V
tution, he does not tell us what we are to expect o°o tb6
new composite court to be created by the bill it
house. The vice of the existing system is th/oeg
almost exclusively an affair of patronage. Se itice°4
the Directors have so many nominations to (104
such value all else may go to the wall. Little "rtier.t
except finding honourable and lucrative tb
for a few hundred gentlemen, who are encouvag OP'
to regard India as their home. That is the on
o° tifar
needful ; improvements, commerce, railroads, 3°,004
tures, European influences, religion, being all 0.7 d
matters. That the Directors have generally '1
fit j
"
patronage honourably and judiciously may De iflo_l4
and that is a great deal, but it is nearly a 11;
were to pass from our possession to-morroW, ti
tie 1°5,1
immediate result to this country would be, 000; s
of a solvent debtor, and the return rw's
thousand men to their country, who would 's.lvestice434
either die in India or come home at a ranchleece
period of life. The proposed measure, while the Pu'it
two-thirds of the directors elected, as now, Or ax" 11
prietors of stock, leaves also to each of them %If rho
ho
present amount of military patronage. The Int I°_,„r"
of Mr. Macaulay's speech that touches this PeA-therta
splendid tribute to the power of competition authig ths,rht"-•
manent value of academic distinctions. WhatAtno fi-to,
the purpose ? This is a question of nomito-,,;ere -
distinguished men enumerated by Mr. Macaulay 00;
debted to their industry and their aeadecliethat tiks
not! to any nomination. We agree with hite t spy
child is father of the man, and that the avue°oo,
which distinguishes itself in the camp, in the Voilfielaeej
the senate, or wherever it may be called in tf,„zoispbo
active life, will generally be found to have disv"tAioa,„t
itself at school and college, whether the cotaP_Ls, Pr's
in Latin hexameters or in the differential calew-ise
our Universities are open to all the world ; se' 00'1)1'4;
all the professions of this country—the churcloi Inds e•
medicine, and commerce. Why should not and sit,
service be equally open, with "whatever helo. ja
guards Mr. Macaulay may choose to proval
shape of colleges and examinations ?
totleg
113,iee°'

ENDOWED SCHOOLS.—Last evening
was held eldee at the Fremasons' Taverna, PGarbeiai; Inase'-ef
England, Irelaned
announced to ',suabeidect o f the endowed
take
the
ee
chair,absence
be
to f Ms r
p.
M.P., presided, in Wales. Sir Thomas who 'l,l.
ing until a later period of the evening.wa-rl3eCeanhr_tteek't,desitifte:;ill:Ar
apologised for presiding over the meeting on ;'„ointv,-
sion, as he confessed that he was not fully 3 .1
with all the bearings of the subject. Se Vi3s 5"t1i51/67°P
ephiuo wt
theeve re,
ndtheawtedsosmebeesetlisienfgtebnte meeeuaestuvrye was necesf. efs'
most ene c
in a State coos,
Y,ofinthacecoervdilasncoef w:hhichthethdeesigneop:ifotahineired,7tretioefbe
Charitable Trusts Bill, it was ho ed, would ft! t he
thought it did not contain sufficienty powers, 038—year
they
in all cases where the income was above 301. acoort
of would still be obliged to have recourse to the vibich
Chancery. Mr. Turner moved the first rosolution,doweci
stated that the immense revenues of the en, wade
schools of England, Ireland, and Wales were n°" raja
acco the
available for the benefit of the community,
to the intentions of the various donors ; tleithuer the
number of scholars bein commensurate wit the
school incomes, nor the geduction imparjed ,oit I°,
scholars of a kind suited to the times. 11. °,1:„-aceil:
some length in support of the resolution, pcowbio
the abuses which prevailed, and the neglect inti w flo
these schools, in many cases, were allowed to ta"'which
condemned the kind of education given in thew,
_selesS
was almost confined to the classics, and therefore. o
reso.
where a mercantile education was required. Tcrotti'
lution was seconded by the Rev. J. Hinton, an "0 for
mously adopted. The next resolution, which vii cots'
the. appointment of a metropolitan and provinciab
eat'
mittee, was proposed by Mr. Heywood, 31. P., °l,jectP
they were beginning an agitation on a very great stlioat
which would take a very long time to carry out. ',, tbo
they wanted was, full information, and be hoPc" it
Government would grant a commission of inq.uirliceo,
was clear that though in some instances inilfricieJ
grammar schools were not what our ancestors DIP"' Oil
them to be. The resolution was adopted, ° poi 4
another resolution calling upon the public to Enloe
them in their endeavours to secure a reform 0' by
schools. The meeting was afterwards addro,
Mr. Seye, of Manchester, Mr. Gilpin, and M. reef,o ors
whose observations were chiefly directed to andOP gr.
of the defects of the Charitable Trusts Bill, a hYclo
Ewart, who, after some discussion on the host Inc'ir slit
of proceeding, suggested that petitioning was ,3,et she
course in the first instance, after which they nog"; the
an interview, by deputation, with Earl Granvilie', to
President of the Council. The present meeting w,05
be considered as only preliminary. A committee air
ultimately appointed to draw up a memorial, Odd cf,ol
skier the further steps to be adopted, Mr. IleYw°°,ss t°
several other gentlemen expressing their willingc-,illet
form part of the deputation to wait upon Earl Gon'pt.
with a view to learn the intentions of the Goveroclos
After the usual compliment to the chairman, the toee
separated.