The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-07 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1853.

fights"
Now that we have got rid of the "faction
in the House of Commons, as objectionable in
their way as any that formerly occurred in the
South or West of Ireland, and which recent oc-
currences in Belfast have shown to be not alto-
gether obsolete, there is some reason to hope that
the actual business of the nation may be dis-
creetly and fairly carried on. The Palmerstonians
have, even at the eleventh hour, dis•
covered that their ardent cravings for
<Ake must be shelved for a more convenient
c'PPortnnity. Their most rampant advocates
cannot perceive any opening for another onslaught,
and therefore it may reasonably be anticipated
that no new disturbance will be oriiiinated, and
that even the "veteran Viscount" and " the
5,.„311 Johnny" will acquiBßc© in their inevitabl,
exilmion from placa and power during the faei
reatai,jug weeks of the current session.

Tile most important question will be brought
forward this everting.. The consideration of
resolutions relating to the future Government of
India, on which the future welfare, happiness;and
prosperity of at least 150,000,000 of our fellow.
subjects so greatly depend, will be resumed. We
earnestly desire that it may be in a proper spirit,
without reference to party objects, and that the
uture of India may not be made the shuttlecock

to be cast to and fro between contending battle-
dores. Our next impression will probably show
whether we may anticipate a result so greatly to
be desired by every unprejudiced and disinterested
person. _ _

The chief topic of the evening will be Mr
GLADSTONE'S amendment. The Right Honour-
able Gentleman wishes to prolong, if he cannot
perpetuate, the existence of the moribund com-
pany. He will be contented if he can extend
their existence for another year, although he will
be still better pleased if he can secure a still
longer enjoyment under a different designation.
" The rose by any other name will smell as sweet."
And the Board of Directors would now be quite
satisfied if they could, by a touch of the enchanter's
wand, be transmuted into the " Council of India,"
and retain the patronage to which they fancy that
they are entitled, and the deprivation whereof
they affect to regard as an act of confis-
cation. Mr. GLADSTONE proposes " That re-
gard being had to the position of affairs
in India, it is expedient to constitute the Court
of Directors of the East India Company, by an
act of the present session, to be a council for ad-
ministering the government of India, in the name
of her MAJESTY, under the superintendence of such
responsible Minister, until the end of the next ses-
sion of Parliament." In the event of the adoption
of the foregoing resolution, to move, thereafter :
"And that in the said administration the Court
of Directors, so constituted to be a council, be
subject to all the powers at present vested by
law its the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs
of India ; and furthermore, that the President of
the said Commissioners be empowered to preside,
when and so often as he shall think fit, ever the
Court of Directors in lieu of the Chairman
thereof, and to assume and exercise any of the
powers now ordinarily exercised by such Chair-
man."

Now we are by no means favourably disposed to-
wards the magnates of Leadenhall street, and
should not willingly protract their exist-
ence by a single hour. It was the
policy of "confiscation" which they origi-
nated that mainly led to the mutiny and rebel-
lion in Hindostan, that caused all the terrible
expenditure of Mood and treasure so greatly to be
deplored. The evils, however, arose from the
system rather than the parties. We have
no complaint against the individuals. They
are, and we say it in perfect good faith,
—" All honourable men—men whose words
would be accepted in any private transaction,
and against whose honour and integrity not a
word could be uttered. The great evil is the
double Government, and the innumerable delays
and want of energy inseparable therefrom. We
want an independent council, and we should not
have the slightest objection if the members of coun-
cil were selected from the present board. But they
are, to a certain extent, fettered by traditions of
Leadenhall•street, and cannot quite extricate
themselves from red tapist bonds.

It would, therefore, be de3irable that the
change of Government should be effected as
speedily as possible, and a permanent Board
established, which cannot be that of the gentlemen
now dominant in Leadenhall-street. But, con-
sidering the late period of the session, and the
prevailing differences of opinion, it-may be impos-
sible for any Administration, however powerful,
to obtain the legislative sanction to a final
measure before the Prorogation. It may be
essential to enter into a compromise, and
the great point is to decide what are
1-net terms that can be olNteined for
I

.Britain. 'Yu
,Aa to belies _ that Lord STANLEY, who was

re-elected in the most flattering manner on
Saturday, will make a general statement re-
specting the Ministerial intentions this evening.
He has spared no pains to qualify himself for
the duty. Although the heir to what, up
to last week was the Premier Earldom of Eng
land, and to a fortune fully -competent to main-
tain with dignity that high position, he early
discovered the important truth that there was no
Royal road to Statesmanship. He determined to
see and judge for himself, and to endure
all the inconvenience, danger, and annoyance
of an Indian tour, in order tr., enable
him to arrive at a correct decision. He
ascertained the facts in the most laborious man-
ner, and he has the judgment and ability to turn
these facts to the best account. We shall await
the expected statement this evening, with
curiosity, not anxiety, for we are convinced that
it will fully maintain the well-established reputa-
tion of the new President of the India Board.

The Electors of Lynn very considerately wished
to save Lord STANLEY'S time. The present absurd
state of the law requires a member of the Cabinet,
who merely changes one office in it for another,
to vacate his seat. As Lord STANLEY had been
before his constituents, therefore, so very
recently, many of the electors signed a me-
morial requesting him, at the present moment,
not to inconvenience himself by coming down
to Lynn, as there was 110 doubt of his return. T.,
this address, Lord STANLEY replied, accepting
" with some regret the indulgence so consi-
derately offered." There was no need for his
Lordship to enter at length into his political views,
wellkn own as they are,and so recently stated; those,
however, on which ho laid stress in se brief a letter
are, therefore, obviously, those in which he feels
the deepest interest. The last sentence shows
that we were not mistaken in what we wrote of
him last Friday J we have always divided our
leading men into those who can, and those
who cannot trust the people—Lord STANLEY dis-
tinctly ranks himself with the former class—no
institutions—he says, can in our arils be stable un-
less they rest on the freely-given support of a c)n
tented because a trusted people."—On the very
day on which we characterised him as one of
this class,
words
he, quite unknown to tie, was writing
these to his constituents.

Amongst other matters, too, while both Whigs
and old-school Tories are quarrellinc, with the
countryon so manysemi.ecclesiastical q;estionq, we
notice, with pleasure, the remark,,,] Rill
the utmost, by impartial justice tewardsaii sects,resist to
and
undue deference to none, the disorganising influ-
ences of sectarian rivalry, influences which, ,
wher-
ever they have largely prevailed, have been fatal
alike to the greatness of an empire and to tilt.
happiness of a community."
We hope, too, that another sentence is ar,
indication that his Lordship strongly dkar,
proves of the way in which the Government de-
partments have cheated the nation in regard to
really public comptitive ex ',initiations. " I
wish," he says, "to see the public serum,
open to talent in all ranks, and the advantagis 0!
instruction extmded as widely as possible.'
When his Lordship thus couples extension 01
education with opening the public service -t4
talent-he must mean that he wishes the servic..
to be used as a stimulus to intellectual industry.

We beg to refer the Right Hon. BENJAMIN DIS-
RAICLI to the Economist, vol. XVI., No. 771, Satur-
day, June 6, A.D., 1858. We are careful in ow
reference, since we would not, for the world, have