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

THE NEW INDIJ BILL,

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India is, we believe, the only subject
oo...sub'rillian
Macaulay has brought to a practical pre
~ititt he at*
wit and boundless historical research. l""
sdininistrativ.o
ing hitherto
of indeed, in India was not of
an
character, being, in fact, a project for codifyhitherto
of the peninsula ; and circumstances have to,enat
even to
unpropitious in the success of his pla.n.
h to sPsf
up weak kings and bad men. AccoriliusiYueet with
simplify laws, is a more practical operatwoc t ane dis.
posed to listen to Mr. Macaulay on this 6 J A„d yet,
feeling of deference as well as adiniratiohn -°-"
we feel let° when we attempt to gather from his speec
the fruits of an actual Indian experience,
to illustr3l
and more that his province is rather
or V 3
the past than to csinprehend the presents sonletbis;Pg
us to Future. There is, indeed, in 0
decidedly politic as well as picturesque
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first and principal point. He assuresth :ono
the public attention has been too
1"
.uestioll,'
f last Dig-
trate(' on a very minor part of the
.e a
od
that of the Home Government. Provide
Is
eg?
Government in India, and it will be able to lerepri
the mandates the remonstrances, and even t°
ease,
mands of the 'Government at home. That was L°
he says, in his own time; and be intimates tha;i:serf
probably continue to be so. The India liousne, 'nor
near, the Board of Control is still nearer ;
no% "se into
own are the old gentlemen and ladies who i 'abuonin to
own house, and attack you, wherever they coney
la
find you, in behalf of some candidate for a v°,7o 6114
plate
the Court of Directors. All this occupies;
your weak mind; but look beyond-
the magnitude, the splendour, and the rullo soya
interest of our Indian Empire—and you or
forget the Government at home. Single, Qiuuor:e-
triple, what does it matter, so long as the Govern
sos do
neral, the Council, the Courts, and the funetioainepriis
their duty? Depend on it, one incompetent ors
cipled collector, wielding under that modest
power of a Pro-consul, will do far more inischrlllere s
half a dozen stupid and Jobbing directors. ail!!
something so poetical, so agreeable M this v_lseerifto'`
question, that it is impossible not to give °n the pleas'
so long as Mr. Macaulay assists to keep 111) otbel
ing illusion. We admit that we would mu Court
read his essay on Lord Clive than attend 3 eezbd
the India House, or even go over again the 51) A
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delivered there last Tuesday morning. duty, it
that if the authorities in India do their dni,
do
matters little whether the authorities in L°l3h,eti
theirs or not. We admit that no political 1111 ;0;0
the distance of' 12,000 miles will supply the de,l'elii3ble,
of administration on the spot. All this is lln; eortli
but
monthe reasoning is not that which we achn't atter cit
practice. The means are certainly
small importance so long as the end is obtaineibs4v
when the end is yet doubtful, and dependent °nil neillr
ness of the means, we think the means not at al,tos
important. The Government at home appoints %t tile
vernment in India, the directors at home app °1 ply
collectors in India ; so, in spite of the secondary stile
which dingy buildings, prosy speeches, fusty °ld ,gteeret
men, threadbare clerks, and endless foolscap mwt'begl°
occupy in the contemplations of genius, we mii,„sineril:
remain of the opinion that the Home Govel's„t
still an impoitant affair, not for its own sake, LI"
means to an end. toe Ve°
As far as we can derive any practical al:Tilo inert'
Mr. Macaulay's remarks on the comparative uuthatso
mice of the home Government, he simply memos
we can expect from it is to send out to India Pr—visicP
young men and sound general principles, from 1141
two descriptions of raw material the authorities In Orai
will manufacture a good local Administration'ssee
it. But what sort of a Government at home's '""c10'
send out these two things ? Mr. Macaulay elosbit,
" Double government ! 11711 y, you must have 3,, 'Veg
government—one in England and one in Calcutta.,
well; we admit an inevitable duality so far. Babe' 00l
-not admit that because there are two there mthstwsl
aO
than two, or that, because Ciere is one in Ellgi-000:
another in India there must also be one in We,stinill wor'
another in Leadenhall-street. All this plai °old
evades the real question,—Why are we to allow isor'
prietors of East India stock—who really have ilorietol4
interest in the prosperity of India than the PMPool,i,
of South Sea stock or Great Western RailwaY sre
to be more than equal partners with the wh°l,,
e
people in the possession and government of tr
empire ? Why do we perpetuate an influence t°,3s, 0 50.4
wilily leads to much indecent canvassing, to "'deli'.
tion of second-rate directors, and to the prepon or
of private interest in the distribution of Indian rto'
age ? Why do we deny the right of 08.„
oaa
holders to choose the Government of Ind'
breath, and admit it in the next ? There rallsi, At
home Government, and it must not come
cjisi3'°,
go out with every change of Ministry, with 3,bero',"
'
in the Commons on the corn laws, on the Irish ‘4,Lit p.
on education, or the ballot. That we admit. 'del°
ask why it is necessary that the constant and in
,eOlll
dent members of that Government should be el°, Oft
certain ladies and gentlemen holding shares of deb
mortgage on the Indian revenues, and so far ee°:,
bly less interested in the prosperity of India 6'ol,
other creditors ? Call the Court of Directors the ,epoi
cil'of the Indies, and allow it to be not so inuellP:
rate body as a useful auxiliary to the Board of „bool
—:t still remains to be asked why two-thirds of t"'
are to be chosen by a certain body of stockholde'"
fs ,sed to-have no right to the privilege. re
d .
The constitution of the Court of Directors, an- rso 0
Aim' to government, must be matters of prire%'hoOr
porta,nce, even if the court does no more than
the servants of the company and send out baneo!'ti
structions. No one has given a more direct tes"'rer,
a7-ainst the court as now constituted, against its:it
of patronage, against its obstructive and unpr°s9o,l°'
tendencies, and against its weakness, than 31-r-,„ OA'
lay himself. According to him, it would, if 11
have ruined India. But, having thus implied 3
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strong opinion against the existing court and
tution, he does not tell us what we are to expect lt"re
new composite court to be created by the bill beret i"ti
house. The vice of the existing system lstillog
almost exclusively an affair of patronage. °° laCes e
the Directors have so many nominations to P. (10111
such value all else may go to the wall. Little hided
except finding honourable and lucrative etql°cl
'for a few hundred gentlemen, who are encourage Or
to regard India as their home. That is the °11061:11,4r
needful ; improvements; commerce, railroads, 133dl
tures, European influences, religion, being all se'd
tI
matters. That the Directors have generally 1100;4
patronage honourably and judiciously may bed if In
and that is a great deal, but it is nearly all ; an
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were to pass from our possession to-morrow, the
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immediate result to this country would he, oser.',o
of a solvent debtor, and the return 01 hersc:d
thousand men to their country, who would °Ldots
either die in India or come home at a much 3„ loose:
period of life. The proposed measure, while Phil;
two-thirds of the directors elected, as nose, ;id! 'ft
prietors of stock, leaves also to each of then' °`l3,.
present amount of military patronage. The °.ll„t si Per
of Mr. Macaulay's speech that touches this P°lcitseri,
splendid tribute to the pOwer of competition 3% 03341 it
manent value of academic distinctions. Whatl.. hss
the puipose ? This is a question of nominatlesverei,,
distinguished men enumerated by Mr. Macaulaynolo
debted to their industry and their acadenlicost 'fit
mete any nomination. We agree with hit° t spin
child is father of the man, and that the ardeneneil. of
which distinguishes itself in the camp, in the cif Oat
the senate, or wherever it may be called ill teg•iiins
active life, will generally be found to have disfujtitiollot
itself at school and college, whether the competes.Yiro
in Latin hexameters or in the differential caleu'aiss'ts
our-Universities are open to all the world ; the ,10
all the professions of this country—the churcPh'n Ine•
,
medicine, and commerce. Why should not ";ocl 51'tso
service be equally open, with whatever help ids in
guards Mr. Macaulay may choose to Pr°l3
shape of colleges and examinations ?

ENDOWED SCHOOLS.—Last ev
street,Ewnas l hel do n att
tithe e
subject Freeman
osfo ns'
the Te neallnvia;:dGurbesi3c tiv.l, 231
tocetilivAi
in_ig:ouantdc,edlrteolantadk,eatnbde AcVhaalier,s.buStir Thomas Wirif °
revTeilljee'ch3t3ifeli°
I.llnigru.n,
tpilreasidlaetde,rinpetriheodabosfenthcee
eovfNve,..llnllisnr_gp. Fiwext
apologised for presiding over the meeting on 0 iptl'
however, that some setrfinthgeent
sion, as he confessed that he not fully 3eclut;fl to
evf
with all the bearings was s
subject.
measure
put the endowed schools of the countr •in a state rs'
eieney, in accordance with the designyof their found vove
The Charitable Trusts Bill, it hoped,would rbeut
most
of the evils of which theywas coinplaiued,
thought it did not contain sufficient powers, ier; yes
liviaesw:eeees3flel'
as in all cases where the income was above stbe Gel);
they would still be obliged to have recourse
of Chancery. Mr. Turner moved the first rGsolutiel)„,',4o,lB
stated that the immense revenues of the pecof
schools of England, Ireland, and Wales were orclihe
available for the benefit of the community, eabeer thewl
to the intentions of the various donors ; ee"th
to tii°
number of scholars being commensura to ,$
school incomes, nor the education impart' eolce
scholars of a kind suited to the times. il•ei °9
,1t
some length in support of the resolution, poi;.,
the abuses which prevailed, and the eeglect
these schools, in many cases, were allowed to le' whico
condemned the kind of education given in th°lThesele'o,
was almost confined to the classics, and therefosbe reoi,
where a mercantile education was required. 3,1 tiot!'er
lution was seconded by the Rev. J. Hinton, 3e v cod
mously adopted. The next resolution, which
.11 e,j
the appointment of a metropolitan and provincvvi'v,
mittee, was proposed by Mr. Heywood, M. subjec;4;
they were beginning an agitation on a very gre, 80,0
which would take a very long time to carry ouv $
they wanted was, full information, and be
roery. 4
Government would grant a commission of inclui_*j
was clear that though in some instances olteptit
grammar schools were not what our ancestors
them to be. The resolution was adopted, !:,,/,
another resolution calling upon the public to flbe,,
them in their endeavours to secure a reform e,',ed
schools. The meeting was afterwards addr
esr!riott;
Mr. Keye, of Manchester, Mr. Gilpin, and M. u:ioser°
whose observations were chiefly directed to and lkffe
of the defects of the Charitable Trusts Bin, aeu t
ui tit
Ewart, whb, aftqr some discussion on the beis•
of proceeding, suggested that petitioning Was setrisee
course in the first instance, after which they
an interview, by deputation, with Earl Grarol t"
President of the Council. The present meeting e
be considered as only preliminary. A committed ceei
ultimately appointed to draw up a inenle,ci3l' 3orloci slito
sider the further steps to be adopted, Mr. rterv- ss '
several other gentlemen expressing their willingeevole,
form part of the deputation to wait upon Earl Gr3o4'
with a view to learn the intentions of the Gover',o, eetiSS
After the usual compliment to the chairman, thell3
separated?

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