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London, England, 1858-06-25 00:00:00

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the principles of law, for of these he was, gene-
rally speaking, profoundly ignorant, nor accord-
ing to the weight of evidence, for no reliance
could be placed on the testimony of the native
witnesses ; but just as his caprice dictated. And
yet he received a salary for which the services of
learned and experienced lawyers, who had ac-
quired high professional reputations in this coun-
try, might be obtained. There certainly is no
Royal road to legal acquirements. There must
be hard study, and ample opportunities of wit-
nessing the conduct of disputed cases before com-
petent tribunals. No amount of theoretical know-
ledge would suffice. Nor could you rely on the
wisdom of a judge who had never practised as an
advocate. No wonder, then, we repeat, that the
administration of justice in the Provincial Courts
in India should be defective, and give abundant
reasons for complaint to the people.

Mr. Braemes plan of making five Presidencies
of co-ordinate and co-equal powers would never
answer, at least until electric chains had been laid
down which would enable the Home Government
to communicate almost instantaneously with, and
convey its orders to, the Indian authorities.
Until that is accomplished, there must be a single
representative of the SOVEREICIN having control
over all the TLe cinestion might be taken
then into consideration ; at present it is decidedly
premature, and unripe for decision.

That the taxation has been of a very onerous
and oppressive character, and that works which
would materially have increased the national
revenue, and with it enhanced the welfare and
prosperity of the natives, have been neglected, is
indisputable. We have long proclaimed the de-
plorable facts, and earnestly protested against the
renewal of the East India Company's Charter in
1853. The Anglo-Indian Empire was, however,
in that year handed over to the tender mercies of
Sir CHARLES WOOD, whose only effort was to main-
tain matters in state quo, The :then representa-
tives of the people could not listen to his dreary
harangues, nor endure his frivolous platitudes.
Consequently, they let him do just as he liked,
and the result was the bill, which is now ad-
mitted to have been one of the gravest legislative
mistakes of modern years.

It was of late years that the policy of annexa-
tion, and the total disregard of the Hindoo sys-
tem of adoption, were carried to the highest point
—that those who were most faithful to the Eng-
lish Government were deprived of their territories,
and victimised without the slightest regard to
equity or justice. These things produced very
evil results, and were some of the causes that led
to the terrible mutiny and rebellion that has cost
so many valuable lives, and so much blood and
treasure. Had there been a Minister responsible
to Parliament, and had the fiction of the supposed
Government by the Leadenhall-street Board been
abolished, these things could not have happened.
An interest would have been felt in the affairs of
India equal to that respecting any other portion
of the British dominions ; but the effect of the
" Double Government" was to produce apathy
and indifference, and to lead to the most interest-
ing questions relating to the Eastern Empire
being discussed to "a beggarly account of empty
benches r It is more than probable that Sir
CHARLES Wool) was the exciting cause of the
Indian disturbance. A judicious Minister would,
even at the Board of Control, have conciliated
the inhabitants respecting their conscientious
♦iews, and refrained from outraging •their pre-
judices, however unreasonable they might be.

We trust the measure now before the House
will have the desired effect, and prove alike bene-
ficial to England and to ludia.

East Norfolk is all alive just now with a hotly-
contested election. The struggle is between two
parties of landlords. Shall Whig tenant-drivers or
Tory Tenant-drivers beat—that is the question.
Having, for certain private reasons of our own, a
special affection for the good old county of
Norfolk, we have taken a circuit amongst old
electoral friends in the now seething and bubbling
constituency ; we have thought it worth while to
refresh ourrecollections of a regular county contest,
and surely enough we have found it in the main
jest what it ever was—a battle bet wean landlords,
an•i between others who are lords as well as land-
lords. To be sure it is with a difference. Public-
houses are not opened as in the good old days
before the Reform Bill ; nor will they be opened
for the week together to treat voters who think
it better to drink at the candidate's expense than
to give their vote prematurely. There were,
indeed, in that day proportionately more jolly,
"free, and independent, electors," who could not
reasonably think of voting for a shabby champion
of either side. The rank and file of party men in
these days, however, consisted of the faithful
tenants—very faithful to their landlords' right to
do what he would with his own ; and that class
has, of course, been largely recruited, and become
every way more workable since the enactment of
the 501. tenant-at-will clause, aid the division of
the counties.

Both parties are canvassing most energetically,
but it is for Red or Blue, not for principle. The
two candidates, indeed, are men whose names out
of Norfolk probably none of our readers have
heard of, except as the name of the father of one
of them is well known to every politician of the
past generation. Neither of them in their
addresses thinks it worth while to go into any
detail of their political opinions. Sir HENRY
STP,ACEY thinks whatever Lord --- now
thinks or may think ; the Honourable C. W.
COKE thinks whatever his father did think, or at
least he tells the constituency ho is his father's
son. The candidates are indeed but party pegs ;
neither of them cares much about anything but
putting M.P. after his name ; nor apparently do
the larger part of the voters, we shonld say the
landlords, care for much more than putting in the
red or the blue man, as the case may be. It is an
affair of colour, not of politics. The fa • rming
tenants, of course, have little to say on the poli-
tical aspect of the contest. It is no business of
theirs. They must vote as they are ordered.
There are among them plenty of mon who could
think for themselves, but it is useless to do it.
Some do form their own opinions of public affairs ;
but they, too, are equally bound to vote for their
landlords' opinions. Ou all sides you only hear
that in such a parish Squire This is red ; so it
is au use 'die 'el le: cluvasling there ;or that
in another parish, Squire That is blue, tat)
he
reds may save their gigwheels and shoeleather

there.
From all that can be ascortained I,y a stranger
there is no earthly reason why an earnest liberal,
and nc-party man, should step over his thrcsh-
hold to vote for ono more titan for the oth:T.
" Lord DERBY," says ono candidate, "MY
father," says the other. Soma will think that
" a living dog is better than a dead lion," and
that as Lord DERBY lives, and has just done some
capital Liberal work both at Naples and at
home, that voting for au avowed DERBYITE is
substantially good Liberalism. Others argue
\
that, DERBY principles are a fluctuating quantity ;
teat the principles of the late Thos. Wu. Cox.;
Earl
of LEICESTER, are a fire d quantity, and that
•be ,is voting for the son of the staunch old

" Whig, and something more f' they, therefore,
know what they vote for. It may be so, but we
really question whether Mr. COKE', knows much of
what his father's principles were, except that he
always hotly opposed Wiz. PITT, and always voted
against, or at least never for, any tax, Thus
much may be said for the Peer's son, that if he
be as much in advance of his own
times as his father was of hip, he
would well deserve Liberal support ; and
' thus much for Sir H. SraAcEY,Sthat if he will
but avow himself a follower of Lord DERBY'S son,
rather than Lord DERBY himself, of the latter
part, we mean, of Lord DERBY'S Ca!)inet rather
than of its lag-behind part, it would puzzle many
Liberals to say why they should refuse him their
support.

But now, looking at the broad features of the
case, we should strongly advise the Liberals of
East Norfolk to take a very decided course with
the son of the late Earl of LEWESTER. They
should tell him that it is of no use for him or his
party to disguise the fact, that the Conservatives
an ojie have, during the last few months, proved
themselves quite as good Liberals as the Whigs in
office ; that it is, indeed, notorious that the
Liberal party has practically gained more from
them than from the Whigs. That it is of no
avail to tail that their clncessions are all made
from weakness, or to gain popularity, as we have
never, since the Reform Bill, wrung from the
Whigs a single popular measure but for the very
same reasons. That, therefore, their demand is to
know what the Hon. Mr. COKE will vote for that
Sir H. STRACEY will not. Will the Whig candi-
date vote for the unconditional abolition of Church
rates ? Will he vote for the equalization of the
Borough and County Franchise now, and for a
large extension of both in a new Reform Bill?
And, above all, will he vote for the Ballot
The son of •Mr. COKE ought to be reminded
that his father always distinctly told two or three
Tory tenants, whom he had on his estate, that he
wished them to vote in accordance with their
principles. That it is too apparent everywhere,
that he must have seen and known it iu his can-
vas, that the numerous tenant voters are necessi-
tated, without inquiry, to vote with their land-
lords, and that numerous other persons are equally
unable to disoblige a mortgagee, a banker, a
lawyer, a customer, or a creditor ; that the first
step, therefore, in political Reform is to make
the present voters independent—to raise them,
in fact, to the dignity of electors, and to deliver
them from political serfdom. If the Hon. Mr.
COKE cannot trust the free choice of the people,
let him say so. If he can, he has no need to fear
the Ballot. We believe that venerated as the
memory of his father will long be in the county,
as the father of Norfolk agriculture, no man

would stand a bettor chance of a fair trial as a
county member than one of his sous. But if
that son cannot trust to the free votes of the
electors, he is unworthy of their confidence ; if
he can, he cannot then refuse them the BALLOT.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT

GARDEN.

Rossini's delightful opera, "Il Bar Mere di Sivi-
glia," was repeated here last night under the most
favourable auspices. The role of liosina was taken
by Madame Boeio, to whom it is admirably adapted.
The florid character of the music affords full scope
for the display of her brilliant vocalization, and
her execution of the more elaborate passages
evinces all her accustomed talent. Signor
Rouconi's impersonation of Figaro is too well
known to need comment, and he fully maintains
his reputation. Signor and Madame Tagliafico
sustained their accustomed parts with average
ability, and Signor Mario as the Count exerted his
powers to full advantage. The minor parts were
competently filled. The ballet divertissement of
"La Bresilienne' followed, and a large and brilliant
audience evidently del ival much gratification from
the evening's entertainment.

ST. JAMES'S TREATRE.-MADAME

1?ISTO RI.

On Wednesday evening Madame Ristori added
another to her lit of successes by her impersona-
tion of " Adrienne liecouvreur." The versatile
ability she displayed in this performance, her in-
tuitive perception of the character, and her won-
derful delineation of the last terrible struggle, were
sufficient to assure the lovers of high dramatic art
that the reign of tragedy is not yet ended, and that
though one great artiste has passed from among us
her throne is not left vacant. Madame Ristori's
representation of this character fully displayed her
power of pourtraying the gentler emotions and
feminine instincts—a power not always united
with the intensity of tragic declamation. Her
capabilities for depicting physical as well as
mental suffering were fully shown by her rendering
of the scenes after opening the fatal casket, and her
recitat'on of the passage from Phedre was highly
impressive. The play has been translated with
tolerable fidelity, and loses little by its appearance
in another language. The ether rnemhers of the
company acquitted themselves with credit, and the
success of the performance was unquestionable.
This evening, Madame Ristori will appear in Al-
fieri's tragedy of " Ottavia," and on Monday,
" Phedre " will be repeated.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON lATELLIGENCE,

CowEs, June 2

Arrivals, june 23—The Fancy, the Marquis of Drog-
heda, and the Eugenie, Richaid Frankland, Esq., horn
Portsmouth ; the Georgiana, Capt. Thullison, from Hyde ;
the Lily of the Exe, W. H. Peters, Esq., from Exmouth.
Sailed, June 17—The Brilliant, George Holland Ackcrs,
Esq., for the Western ports. O. The Resolution, the
Duke of Rutland, for Southampton. 23. Gipsy Queen,
Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Bart., for Hyde ; the Lily of
the Exe, W. H. Peters, Esq., for the Eastward.
The following yachts are at and about the station :
The Titania, Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. ; the Fancy,
the Marquis of Drogheda; the Eugenie, Rich. Frankland,
Esq. ; the Cecile, the Marquis of Conyngham ; the Lay-
rack, Lord Colville ; the Stella, Lord Dalkeith ; the Ches-
apeake (atm.), Joseph Gee, Esq.; Caprice, Lieut.• Colonel
Charles Baring.
The following yachts are fitting out in the harbour :
The Z ,ra, Commodore the Earl of Wilton ; the Fair
Rosamond, the Eirl of Gifford ; the Cecile, the Marquis
of Conyngham ; the cllotian::, Joseph Gee, Esq. ; the
Amazon, Sir John B. Walsh, Bait.
The following noblemen and gentlemen were at the
ltychouse during the week :—The Duke of Rutland, Lord
Godolphin, Lord Colville, Lord Dalkeith, Thos. Thornhill,
Esq., Capt. Hamilton, J. Gee, Rig., Capt. Smith Barry,
J. Masse, Esq., Rich. Frankland, Esq., the Hon. Spencer
Lyttelton, and H. Adeane, Esq.

RErt MAJESTY'S Test d.TRE,—The Queen and Prince
Consort, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of
Brabant and the Count of Panders, honoured the per-
formance at her Majesty's Theatre last night. The
house was crowded by a distinguished and fashionable
cempany.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LEEDS.—Mr. Walpole has re-
pliid to the commissioners and inhabitants of Harrogate,
who had invited the Queen t.) visit that watering-place
on her way to the north in August, to the effect " that
her Majesty is fully sensible of the excellent feeling
which prompted the invitation; but as her Majesty pro-
poses to go on to Edinburgh, immediately after the
opening of the Town-hall at Leeds, she wi,l not b.: able
to stop at Harrogate."
MR. RUSSELL—Our readers win participate in the
satisfaction with which we announc3 the receip` of in-
`-<1" -Ten,e ft*, rn",,`,7 by telegraph of Mr. nuFsell's
recovery trona toe sun sti,,be by wt.iell a.l 1,-cr
pros'rated on the march from Futteghur to Bareiily,
with the column under Sir Celia Campbell. At the
latest date he 'ADA at Fut'enitur, "(rite wel,,"—Ti:i-cs
VALENTIA.—(By British' a..d Irish Magnetic Ten:-
graph.) —Prince Alfred and suite visited this day Dary-
none Anhey, the seat of the late Mr. Daniel O'Connell.
THE DUBLIN COLLEGE AFFRAY.—DubIin, Thursday.
—Colontl Browne has been acquitted. The Cross,
case against the police fix,i for to morrow tm:rnin,:.
EQCE.6TRIAN PERFORMiNCE AT TUE RIDING Ecaoor,
BUCIINGHAM PALACE.—Yeserday morning an eques-
trian performance by the Cooke fsmily, took lice in
tee circus of the Riding School, Buckingham Palace, in
the presence cf her Mjesty, the Prince Consort, the
Duchess of Kent, the King of the BA;ians, the juvenile
men:hers of the royal family, the Duke and Duchess of
Brabant, and a number of distinguished spectators.. The
entertainment commenced with an entree by eight mem-
bers of Me. Cooke's troop, on milk-white horses, and in-
cluded the performances (1 Mr. Cooke's eeLbrated
ponies," Blue Bill" and " Vesta," and the evolutions
of Mr. W. Cooke, jun., on his horse Emperor. At the
conclusion of the performance, her Majesty's gracious
approval was conveyed to Alr. Cooke.