The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

HEADS OF THE PROPOSED PLAM FOR THE FUTURE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

the provisions
tspshurotebhrvjeweiyaciistoo arent
posrootedxei existing restrictipis until "I. The government of India to be continued in the
f
East India Company, with all their existing powers and
Par-
liamentoprivileges,p,t
2i
2. All
s shall
h far
altered; i existing acts
the charters, hao
;rotgas foe
in
force.
" 3. The Court of Directors to consist of 18 members, of
whom 12 are to be elected by the proprietors and six to be
named by the Crown, out of persons who have served a
certain time in India. In the first instance 15 out of the
present 30 directors to be chosen by the Court and three
only to be named by the Crown, and, on the occurrence of
the first three vacancies in the number of the elected
directors, three more to be named by the Crown, till the
full number of six is attained.
"4. The privileges, qualifications, and powers of all the
directors to be the same in all respects.
"5. One-third part of the directors, both elected and
nominated, to go out every second year, but to be eligible
for immediate re-election or nomination.
"6. The appointments of student to Ilaileybury and
Addiscombe, and also of assistant surgeons, to be open to
competition under regulations to be framed by the Board
of Control, from time to time, and laid before Parliament.
No alteration to be made as to other appointments to the
Indian service.
"7. A. permanent Lieutenant-Governor to be appointed
in Bengal.
"8. Power to create a fresh presidency or lieutenant-
governorship.
" 9. The nomination of members of Council in India to
be subject to the approbation of the Crown,
" 10. An enlarged Legislative Council to be appointed
in India. The Governor-General to have a veto on the
acts of the Legislative Council.
" 11. A temporary commission to be appointed in Eng-
land, to whom the reports of the Law Commission of India
shall be referred for their report and suggestions, to be .
ultimately sent to the Legislative Council.
" 12. Supreme Court and Sudder Court in each presi.
dency to be united, and an improved system of judicature
to be introduced.
" 13. Appointment of Advocate-General in each presi-
dency to be subject to the approbation of the Crown.
" 14. The Commander-in-Chief of the Queen's forces in
each presidency to bo Commander-in-Chief of the com-
pany's forces.
" 15. Present limit on the number of the company's
" 17. Furlough regulations to be amended,"
Eu,r,olp6e.ansafloarriceses ftoorclensdttoa btoe
beenlraerggoedisiod.

" East India-house, Juno 2, 1853.
" Sir, We had the honour to receive, last evening, your
letter, dated the Ist inst., with a memorandum of the
heads of the arrangement for the future government of
India, which it appears to her Igajesty's Ministers that it
would bo advisable to adopt.
" This important communication was immediately laid
before the Court of Directors, and has Undergone much
discussion.
" always been of opinion that the pre-
The Court having
sence in the administration of Indian affair
si s of
devotedands to
the discharge of the duties intrusted to it, is essential to
the good government of India, it cannot but be satisfactory
to them to observe that her Majestv's Ministers have de-
termined to propose to Parliament to continue the govern-
ment of India in tho East India Company.
" The Court have not been inattentive observers of the
many attacks recently made upon the company and their
system of government ; but they have been content to
leave their defence to the development of facts which they
well knew would conclusively show that the period since
1834 has been one of great progress in Inlia ; that revenue
(independently of that from new acquhitions) and trade
have both largely increased ; that public -works of raagui•