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proceeded to contend that the Government of India
must finally come into the hands of the Crown, • like
every other portion of the British empire, and he hoped
to see the day when even the name of the East India
Company would be utterly abolished. (" Oh !" and
hisses.) That was his honest opinion, and he claimed
the right of expressing it. After some further ohserva•
tions, the hon. gentleman moved the amendment.
Some time elapsed before it obtained a seconder. At
length
Mr. Sergeant GASELEE said rather than allow the
amendment to drop, he would second it, though he
should prefer having the committee appointed by the
Court of Proprietors.
Mr. JONES supported the amendment.
Mr. WEEDING suggested several objections to the
Government measure, and expressed a hope that the
chairman of the Court of Directors would prevail on the
Government to make certain modifications in the bill.
Colonel SYKES moved that the debate be adjourned
till to-morrow (this day) at 12 o'clock.
The motion was agreed to, and the court then ad-
journed till 12 o'clock to-morrow.

[ PRICE SD.

the public from a knowledge of their proceedings, great
responsibility would be laid on their shoulder which they
ought not to bear. It was not enough fof them to
whisper, "We do not like the Affghan war or the
Scinde war ;" but they ought to stand up in that
court and wash their hands of such things. But their
wish was that nobody should think that the Court of
Directors and the Board of Control were not always in
harmony, or that there was ever any discord between
them ; but it was of great importance that the public
mind should be disabused of the attempt to mystify these
proceedings. The law said that the Government of
India was vested in the East India Company, but
hardly was the ink dry which stated this, than it pro-
ceeded to create a power which debarred the company
from doing that which their judgment and conscience
dictated, but subjected them to the supervision and con-
trol of a Government board. It not only debarred them
from doing what was right and proper, but actually
compelled them to do that which, in their judgment
and conscience, they believed to be wrong, whenever
they received a mandate from the controlling power.
The system under which India was governed was a
miserable shadow and fiction, for, although the law
said the government of India was in the East India
Company, yet, whenever the Presideis of the Board of
Control chose to exercise his power, he entirely annihi-
lated that of the Court of Directors, and became the
Government of India himself. Notwithstanding all the
facts that showed the Government of India to be really
in the Board of Control, yet they had Sir James Hogg
boldly and broadly stating that, under the existing sys-
tem, the practical Government of India rested with the
Board of Directors. Well, with respect to the alter-
ations proposed, would they tend in any way to abate
the evils alleged ? What was the bulwark against the
overwhelming power of the Board of Control ? It was
having an independent body of directors elected by an
independent constituency. If the Minister of Indian
affairs had propounded a large and statesmanlike mea-
sure to remove the great and flagrant. abuses ofthe pre-
sent system, he would have deserved the praise of the
country ; if he had proposed to lodge the Government
of India in a board elected by a constituency ofthe most
competent men, he would have taken a right direction ;
or if, maintaining the present system, he had proposed
to surround the Board of Control with a council to
check it in the exercise of its enormous power, that
would have been an improvement ; but he did not
contemplate either of those things. He maintained
the Board of Control in the plenitude of its power,
while he set his foot upon the Board of Control. In
conclusion, while the present system was inconsistent
in principle, inconvenient in practice, and obstruc-
tive of measures beneficial to existing interests, still
he considered the remedy proposed was calculated exten-
sively to exaggerate those difficulties ; he hoped, there-
fore, the Court would adopt the resolution with which
he should conclude. The hon. proprietor then moved a
resolution to the effect—" That, having considered the
correspondence laid before the Court, and the principles
of the Government, the Court confining itself to the
question affecting the position of the Court of Directors
and confiding in the zeal and judgment of that body,
were of opinion that the present administration of
Indian affairs was essentially for the good of the govern-
ment of India, and that the proposed change in the con-
stitution of the Court of Directors was calculated to

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, Jui 15.

The Bengal, with mails from India, only arrived this
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arrived
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Monday afternoon, and left port yesterday for the fleet,
with dispatches for the Admiral.
Lieutenant-Colonel Van Straubenzee, 3d Regiment,
Captain Maclean, 49th Regiment of Foot, and the Hon.
Captain Yelverton, R.A., proceed to England, via Mar•
seilles, on leave of absence ; and Rear-Admiral Harvey,
by the Bengal.
Captain Eyre, Paymaster of the 47th Regiment, is
under arrest, charged with a grave offence against the
public money, and will, it is thought, be speedily
brought before a court-martial. Ms duties as paymaster
are carried on under a committee.

PORTM
of her Majesty'sOUTH, JUNE 20.
This day being theanniversary
accession to the throne, at an early hour the Royal
standard was hoisted on all the Crown establishments
and the King's rooms at this port, and the fleet " dressed
ship." At noon the platform battery led off a Royal
salute, which was followed by the Victory, and a general
Royal salute throughout the fleet, which, from the num-
ber of the ships at the station had an unusually interest-
ing effect.
A court of inquiry, consisting of Rear-Admiral Fan-
shawe, C. 8., Captain Martin, C.B. (of the Duke of Wel-
lington) and Captain Shepherd (of the Victory), as-
sembled on board the Odin paddle frigate at Spit.
head this morning, to investigate the cause of her
touching the ground on the bar at Lisbon on the 7th
inst., about which sundry erroneous statements have got
into circulation. It appears the Odin was steaming out
of the Tagus on the evening of the 7th about half an
hour before low water. The First Lieutenant (Mr.
Mould), and the Master (Mr. Jago) were in charge of
the vessel, and on the paddle-boxes at the time ; leads-
men were also in the chains, and the leads were going.
Captain Scott, being ill, was below in his cabin. In
navigating vessels down the Tagus it is necessary, as our
nautical readers who have been in those waters are
aware, to bring Mount Cordova and Fort Bugio in a line,
but in consequence of some mist arising the Mount Cor-
dova mark could not be made out. The tide being
nearly out, with a little fresh running at the tim,,
joined with the inability to mark out the landmark, was
the primary cause of the frigate touching on the north-
east end of the bank. She drew at the time, aft and
forward, 15ft. flin., while during the time she was on
the bank she had, aft and forward, 16ft. of water under
her, but there being a small bilge of the keel in the
centre she merely hung upon that centre point. The
water was smooth and very fine, or another channel
would have been taken. She (Tot off at the turn of the
tide and came direct to England,' where she was examined
by a diver, and found to have sustained no damage what-
ever, her copper on the keel being merely scratched, but
not rubbed off. The mail steamer Teviot, which
arrived in England the day before the Odin and
made an alarming report of her 'stranding, saw £ho
Odin on the bank, but did not alter her course or offer
any assistance, presuming, possibly, the man-of-war was
in no danger. There did not appear to be the slightest
blame attachable to either of the officers in charge of the
vessel, both of whom are highly experienced and meri-
torious officers, and the Court broke up about 1 o'clock.
The Oberon steam vessel, officered by Lieutenant
Charles Wise (commanding), Mr. C. F. Hill, mate ; Mr.
G. Duncan, assistant-surgeon ; Mr. R. E. Jones, second
master ; and Mr. C. E. Burlton, midshipman—all lent
from the Vulture steam frigate—arrived at Spithead this
afternoon from Malta, last from Plymouth. She left
Malta on the-4th inst, with military invalids.
Captain Mcßean and Captain Duff, of the 92d ; Lieu-
tenant Lewin, of the 30th ; and Dr. Davis, of the 49th,
have come to England passengers in the Oberon, which
put into Gibraltar on the 11th and left on the 12th inst.,
leaving the Antelope steam-vessel at that station. On
the morning of the 13th she passed the Sanspareil, 70
(screw), Captain Dacres, making for Malta. A court of
inquiry had been held on hoard the Oberon—consisting
of Captain Glasse, of the Vulture ; Lieutenant Younge,
of the Antelope ; and Lieutenant Wise, of the Oberon—
to investigate a charg 3 of theft preferred against William
G. M. Stoat, who has been brought home in the Vulture
to undergo trial by court-martial.
The Vesuvius, 6, paddle sloop, 280-horse power, was
commissioned here to-day by Commander Thomas Wil-
son, late of the Geyser.
The Neptune, 120, Captain Scott, having been re-
copperecl, hauled out of dock into the fitting basin to-
day.

impair the principal check which was now imposed upon
the Board of Control, and that the Court of Directors
be requested to submit these views to the Govern-
ment and to Parliament in such manner as they should
deem fit."
Mr. H. MACKENZIE seconded the resolution, though
he considerably differed from many of the sentiments
expressed by the hon. proprietor who had proposed it.
He confessed, he considered that under the present sys-
tem great power was possessed by the Court of Direc-
tors. If, indeed, there were no power in public opinion,
then it might be said that the government of India was
in the hands of the Board of Control, because undoubt-
edly the act did enable that board, with very few excep-
tions, to annul what the Court of Directors proposed.
But the initiative rested with the Court of Directors.
He quite agreed that the Court of Directors had
maintained the position they ought to have done. It
was their dread of publicity and of collision that
prevented them. The Court of Directors would have
stood much higher in the public esteem if they had
laid before the public the whole conduct of the Indian
Government, and not have left any delinquency
or want of justico in India to be brought before
Parliament by ill-infooned men. He hoped it
was not too late for them to recover the ground which
they had lost. But he was decidedly of opinion that the
Government bill, instead of giving increased strength to
the court, was calculated to weaken it. In proportion
as the court was reduced in numbers, ,a,ns it necessary
to strengthen the check on the Board of Control. The
object of such a body as the Court of Directors was to
present a bulwark to prevent popular attempts in England
from mischievously interfering with the government of
India. The court, as at present constituted, had
operated to strengthen the Minister against the influence
of party. The power of nominating six members on the
direction by the Crown would give a predominancy that
would often ignore the opinions of men of experience in
Indian affairs ; and he held it to be essential that the
court should, if possible, be enlarged and strengthened,
instead of being diminished and weakened. (Hear, hear.)
Sir J. Hoaa was greatly relieved to hear the hon.
gentleman (Mr. Sullivan) conclude with his resolution,
for his speech had been one sweeping denunciation of
the present system. He would not enter into details,
because he believed the object of the court was to uphold
the present system with as little modification as possible.
The right hon. baronet then went over the various topics
which constituted the subject of his late speech in the
debate of the House of Commons, contending that the
Court of Directors practically had in their hands the
government of India ; that whenever any conflict took
place between that court and the Board of Control, the
result was almost invariably the triumph of the opinions
of the Court of Directors and the submission of the
Board of Control. Allusion had been load° to the revo-
cation of the appointment of Lord Heytesbury,—
Mr. SULLIVAN.—Of Sir Charles Metcalfe.
Sir J. Hoag.—Sir Charles Metcalfe's appointment
was disapproved of, and Lord Heytesbury wag ap-
pointed, and would have sailed, but for an accident do
the vessel, as Governor-General. The revocation of
that appointmeut had the appearance, and more than
the appearance, of having arisen from political feelings.
Lord Heytesbury was appointed by Sir Robert Peel's
Government. Lord Melbourne came into office ; the
appointment of Lord Heytesbury was revoked by Sir
John Hobhouse. Did the Court of Directors remain
silent and sluggish ? Were they fearful to remonstrate ?
No such thing. They remonstrated in stroll language
against such an act of the Government. They pointed
out the great danger of admitting political feelings to
interfere with the appointments to India. But their
remonstrances were in vain. (Hear, hear.) Yes, but
the question was brought before Parliament. He
moved for the production of papers relating to the recal
of Lord Heytesbury. The Government of the day was
strong and resisted the measure, and the house was told
that the recal did not arise from political feelings, but
from what he did not like to describe ; in short, it was—
" I don't like you, Dr. Fell,
" The reason why I cannot tell."

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 20.

Admiral Corry's squadron, which left this port on the
25th of May, hove in sight south-west of the Eddyston
at 11 o'clock this morning, under double-reefed topsails
and courses. The ships approached half-way between
the Eddyston and the headland, and detached th• Leo-
pard, under steam only, towards the harbour. Having
been signalled through her from the Port Admiral, they
proceeded up Channel, and were at one o'clock two miles
south of the Mewstone, having a smart breeze from
north-west. The flag-ship, Prince Regent, 92, Captain
Hutton, followed by the Imperieuse, 50, screw, Captain
R. B. Watson ; the London, 90, Captain C. Eden ; the
Amphion, 34, screw, Captain Patey ; and the Highflyer,
paddle, 21, Captain J. More, were within half a mile of
each other, under double-reefed topsail and staysails.
The linp6rieuse had her maintopsail to the mast. The
Leopard, 12, paddle, Captain G. Giffard, was steaming
two miles astern, under foretopsail, fore and aft foresail,
and jib.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 20.
APPOINTMENTS.

Clerk—George A. Welch (1848) to the Terrible steam-
frigate, at Woolwich.
Naval Cadet—R. D. R. Farquharson to the Aga-
memnon, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Gunner May, Boatswain Bideford, and Carpenter
Jarvis, formerly serving in the Firebrand steam-frigate,
have taken up their commissions at this port, on being
appointed to serve in the Terrible steam-frigate.
The Cyclops steam-frigate arrived at Woolwich this
afternoon, to receive a portion of the machinery of this
Princess Royal, 90, and convey the same round to
Portsmouth.
The Royal standard was hoisted at the flagstaff in the
dockyard, at the Royal Arsenal, and at the garrison, and
a Royal salute was fired in front of the mortar battery,
at 12 o'clock, in commemoration of her Majesty's acces-
sion to the throne.

That was the reason assigned by the Minister of the
day for rescinding the appointment of Lord Heytes-
bury. A court of proprietors was then assembled,
and a motion for the production of the papers was
carried by a large majority. The papers were pro-
duced, and thus the court became instrumental in
laying them on the table of the House of Com-
mons and before the public. (Cheers.) He admitted
that it was perfectly true that the Executive of the com-
pany did not court collision. If it were any imputa-
tion to desire that the system established by law should
work well—that controversies and contests should be
avoided—the Court of Directors was ready to submit
to that imputation. They denied that men who were
constantly displaying cantankerous feelings were ca-
pable of conducting business advantageously for the
public weal. (Hear, hear.) But he had departed from
the question before the court. What was the main
struggle of the day ? Let them not shut their eyes
upon that one main point. It was for them to say
" yea " or " nay " to it. The battle to be fought was,
whether India was to be transferred to the Minister of
the Crown, and be governed by the Ministers of this
country, or whether the instrumentality of the Court
of Directors of the East India Company was to be con-
tinued. Let them not waste arguments in discussing
other matters,—that was the main point. He believed
it would be for the public interest and tranquillity that
legislation should immediately take place ; and he next
believed that the great point for which they ought to
contend was what was technically called the " system
of double government," by the intervention of the East
India Company between the Crown and the Govern-
ment of India. That was the paramount principle, and
he hoped they would all take their stand upon it, and
from which they would not be compelled by any
power or force of public opinion to recede. After a
few observations upon the system of canvassing
for directorship, the hon. baronet concluded by
saying, it was of great importance that the resolution
should be placed in the hands of the Government by the
chairman before the second reading of the bill. It would
give strength, weight, and force to the remonstrances
which he heartily and sincerely hoped would be made on
that occasion. (Cheers.)
Mr. AYRTON rose to move, by way of amendment,
that the bill be referred to a committee to be appointed
by the Court of Directors out of the body of proprietors.
He had been in India, but was wholly unconnected with
the Government. It was of the greatest importance that
the proprietors should understand their present position.
After April, 1854, they would have no moral right to
interfere with the Government of India. He believed
the Prime Minister (Lord Aberdeen) had said that so
long as the stock of the proprietors remained unpaid,
there was an implied understanding that the proprietors
should intervene in the government of India. lint that
observation was wholly unfounded. (The hoe. proprie-
tor here quoted the words of the act in support of this
opinion.) He wished it not to be supposed that, in tak-
ing this course, he was hostile to the proprietary ; but
he thought they ought to he warned that they had no
moral position in regard to any compact with the Crown
—their position was totally different, and therefore they
ought to adopt a different course. The hon. proprietor

ROYAL or ILITARY ACADEMY.

WOOLWICH, JUNI 20.
The Midsummer examizia,tion of the gentlemen cadets
for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal En-
gineers being about to take place previous to the sum-
mer vacation, the whole of the gentlemen cadets of the
practical class studying at the Royal Arsenal, and of the
theoretical class at the Upper Academy on the Common,
assembled under arms to-day, at half past 10 o'clock, on
the parade ground of their barracks, under the command
of Captain Dudley Wilmot, for the inspection of Colonel
Cater, Director-General of Artillery, acting as Com-
mandant during the absence on leave of Colonel Whin-
yates, C. 8., Commandant of the garrison.
Colonel Cater arrived at precisely 11 o'clock, accom-
panied by Colonel Blanshard, commanding Royal
Engineers, and Brigade-Major Bingham, and was re-
ceived with the usual salute, the gentlemen cadets,
formed in line on the centre of the parade ground, pre-
senting arms, and the band playing the national anthem.
The Cadet Companies then broke into open column to
the right, and marched past at slow, quick, and
double quick time, and on again forming line went
through the manual and platoon exercises, which they
did exceedingly well. They then commenced the ma-
noeuvres of Foot Artillery, and went through the entire
evolutions of a field-day, firing a number of rounds
of blank cartridges. The cadets were then dismiseel
to deposit their arms in the armoury, and during that
time the authorities inspected the models of artillery and
other productions of the gentleman cadets, executed
during the hours allowed
animalsto them for recreation. The
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stuffing of birds and wild isencourag
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fine cases were exhibited which had been pre-
served and grouped by the cadets, it being
that they should be well acquainted with the process of
preserving and stuffing, to enable them to avail themselves
of opportunities, when serving as officers of the Royal
Artillery and Royal Engineers, of securing in the besty
manlier such objects of natural history as might come
under their notice as being worthy to be sent home to
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this country for the national museums. In the other
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tainledplaster casts, executed within a limited time.
reassembling of the gentlemen cadets they
were told to man their light field-pieces, and went
through the exercises of a field battery, firing a number
of rounds, and showing that they were well acquainted
with the practical duties of artillerymen.
Major-General G. G. Lewis, C. 8., Lieutenant-Gover-
I nor of the Institution, Lieutenant-Colonel Portlock,
R.E., Inspector at the Royal Military Academy, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Anderson, commanding the field-batteries,
and several of the officers of the garrison, were present
at the inspection, and also many of the parents or guar-
dians and friends of the gentlemen cadets, and were
gratified with the present excellent state of efficiency of
the young gentlemen at the academy.