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London, England, 1858-03-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1858.

The Government of India Bill has been intro-
duced to Parliament in a speech in which the
Chancellor of the Exchequer fully sustained his
well-established reputation, not merely as a bril-
liant orator, but also as one capable of giving the
clearest explanation of his intentions, and of the
nature and effect of the measure about to be sub-
mitted for legislative consideration. There has
been no concealment or ambiguity, and Parliament
and the community at large will have reasonable
time for suggesting any alterations that may be
deemei desirable or expedient. It is unques-
tionably a decided improvement on the bill intro•
duced by the late Government ; and although we
may not exactly agree with all the details, we must
candidly confess that so far as the future adminis-
tration of affairs in India is concerned, the nation
bas sustained no loss in the substitution of Lord
DERBY for Lord PALMERSTON. Indeed, the only
complaint which the thick and thin adherents of
the late administration have been as yet enahlad
to establish is, that the new men have been far
more liberal than their predecessors. The first
bugbear of the Times was, that they would inau-
guratea retrograde policy. That would have been a
reasonable groundof opposition. Then came the
objection that they would take up and carry the
measures originated by the ex-Government. We
felt very easy on that subject. Provided good
bills were carried it was of comparatively
trivial importance by whom they might be-
introduced. Mr. BRIGHT, no mean authority
on the side of the advanced Liberals,
declared that "no event would occasion him
greater regret than the return to office of the late
Cabinet."

The leading exponents of public opinion have
already expressed their general approval of the
Bill.

The Daily News is agreeably surprised at find- 1
ing that in place " of a Jesuitical apology for an
artful, Tory scheme, we have a manly and straight-
forward statement of a measure, infinitely more
liberal than that propounded a few weeks ago by
the late Administration."
The Times regards it as " a remarkable com-
bination of modesty and enterprise—an India
Bill and a Parliamentary Reform Bill rolled into
one. Her MAJESTY'S Government do not take a
single piece of patronage for themselves. They
give nine names to Parliament, and the other nine
to the constituencies mentioned." Adding, " This
is almost too heroic. We are not accus-
tomed to it." Most certainly we are not. No
Whig or Tory Minister has ever hitherto initiated
so disinterested a proposition, or one so open to
the objection of giving so much to the people and
so little to the aristocracy.
It is needless to go through the views of our
morning contemporaries, most of which will be
found in another part of our impression. The
East India Company is to be forthwith
abolished. That is a great fact that is com-
mon to the rival measures. The authority
of the Crown is henceforward to be su-
, preme in India as well as in England.
There will be no divided Government, the prac-
. Veil effect whereof is to shirk responsibility, and
delay all measures of practical utility. The fifth
Secretary of State, who is to assume the position
I.IOW occupied by the President of the Board of
Control, must answer on every point, but he will
have the assistance of a Council of eighteen gen-
tlemen, nine of whom are to be nominated by the
Crown, and the other nine by the constituencies

referred to. The names of the first nominees
are submitted for Parliamentary consideration,
and we may fearlessly assert that, collectively and
individually, they are perfectly unobjectionable.
Those first introduced must be approved of by
Parliament, and their
,succesaors must be qualified
the Civil
Four are to be
tamYteit lealsrtoniten
been actively engages for who have
the respective Presidencies f°:
that time in
Madras, and the North-vire,temilevngal, Bombay,
also are to represent the Royal°4°ltneeits• Four
my and the
military forces in Bengal, Bombay,
and
while a ninth is to have spent his time at native
courts, " face to face with native princes." The
nine elected member 4, who must be quali-
fied by ten years' service or fifteen years'
residence in lodic, are to be chosen Indian
the
following manner—viz., four by holders ofn
stock, or having considerable interest in Indian
railways, and five by the electors of London,
Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and BelfaEt.
In their hands the whole patronage will be vented,
and ita distributiou will virtually be is no deete