New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-22
,,, mcb an opportunsy Of dealing quietly with this

again such an opportunity Of dealing quietly with .hs
vast and important question ~ e, OF burkng Is Ia 4
Psssms utary xsy Besideswe are fully informed m the
natter the Directors Of the Est INDIA ConPsny ex
press the opinion that il is necessary 70 legsate IN
the curse Of the present session, and the Governor
General of India ord Dahousie summons the Govern
by an express letter BY Il means 70 conclude our
legislation AZ once But the most striking argument
Eherevih Sir Charles ustifes bis immediate leg'sson
Is that prepared be may appear 10 speak OF ~9rt
OF questions not comprised in the bull be proposed 10
bring IN, the MEASURE which he has 20 suomi Is 50
lar as legislation goes, comprised a rory small con"
pass After this introduction Sir Charles delivered
himself Of apology for the administration OF India Tor
the last twenty years. We mus, look at India with
sOueW hat Of an Indian eve which Indian eve
TO have the particular gift of seeing everything bright
on the part of England and everything black the side
Of India In India you have race of people SLOW Of
"cbapge, bound up by religious prejudices and anti
"quated customs. There in tact, all obstacles
rapid progress. perhaps there is Il Wing Coalition
parry in India.) The points," said Sir Charles
Wood "upon which the greatest stress has been laid
"and which are the heads Of the complaints con-
" tanned in the petitions presented to the Commit
tee relate TO the administration Of Justice. the
- want of public works and the Tenure OF iand"
With regard 70 the Public Works the Government u.
tends to undertake some of the greatest Tsaae and
importance" With regard to the tenure OF laucs ST.
Charles proves very successfully that its three existing
forms--the ZeniHdary, the RyOcdre, and the IpLage
sysems-are only many forms of fiscal erPoHafcH IN
the hands of the Company, of which could well be
made general nor deserved TO be made So An idea oil
establishing another FORM of an altogether opposite
character does not in the least preOccupy the mud OF
Sir Charles With regard to the administration q
jusce" continues he, the complaints relate prncl'
"pally to the Inconvenience arising from the technl
caes of English law, to the alleged incompeency of
English Judges and u the corruption of the native
officers and Judges And now, in order 70 prove the
hard labor providing for the administration Of justice
in India Sir Charles relates that already as early AS
lS:S3 a Law Commission appointed in India. But
in har manner did this Commission act according to
Sir Charles Wood testimony The hrst and last
result Of the abOrs of that Commission was penal CODE
prepared under the auspices of MIR. Macaulay rms
code was sent to the various local authorities in India
which sent il back to Calcutta from which Il was sent
10 England 10 he again returned from England 20 India
In India Mr. Macaulay having been replaced as egsla
tive counsel by Mr. Bethune, the code was totally al
tered and this plea the GovernorGenera not being
then Of opinion that delay Is source OF weakness ana
danger" sent il back England and from England II
WAS returned to the Governor General, with authority
10 pass the code in whatever shape he thought best
But now, Mr.. Bethme having died, the Governor
General thought best to submit the code to third Eng
sh LAWYER and TO lawyer who knew nothing about the
habits and customs of the indOOs reservng himself the
right of atervard rejecting code concOcted by wholly
incompetent authority Such have been the adj
ventures of that YET unborn code AS TO the technc
absurdties o the law in India, SIR Charles taxes ms
sta
lsw.procedure itself; but while affirming the perfect
incorruptbility Of the English judges in India, he
nevertheless is ready sacrifice them by an alteration
in the manner of nominating them The general pro
gress Of India is demonstrated by comparison ot the
present state of Delhi with that under the invasion OF
Khuli Khan The salttax is justified by the arguments
of the most renowned political enconOmlsts, all OF
whom have advised taxation TO be laid on some article of
first necessity But Sir Charles does not add what those
same economists would have said finding that in the
: Ia there
decrease in the consumption OF salt, OF 5000 TINS
loss of revenue to the amount OF Ell0,0OO, the total
salt revenue amounting to f2,OOOOOO. The measures
proposed by Sir Charles, and comprised in very
small compass are:
of twenty members twelve to be elected by the Pro
prieiots, and six by the Crown.
The revenue Of Directors 10 be raised from 1900 10
$500 year the Chairman to receive $1,000.
3 All the ordinary appointments in the civil service,
snd all the scientific in the military service OF india TO De
thrown open 10 public competition leaving 70 ths Drec
tors the nomination to the Cadeshps in the CayayOtthe
Line
The Governor Generalsbp to be separated from the
Governorshp Of Bengal and power to be gwen To the
Supreme Government constitute Presidency in
And lastly the whole of this measure only to continue
until the Parliament shall provide otherwise.
The speech and measure OF Sir Charles Wool was
subjected To very strong and sarlcal criticism by
Mr. Bright whose picture of India ruined by the fiscal
exertens of the Company and Government did not OF
chester and Free Trade As to last nights speech Of
an Old East. Indaman, Sir j. Hogg Director or ex-
Director of the Company, really suspect that have
ref with il already in i70 $780, l743 1862 l772 1881,
1883 1874. 1898, 1873 etc. and induced, by way of
answer to his direcoral panegyric to quote merelya
few facts from the annual Indian accounts published
| believe, under bis own superintendent.
Total RsreaueS ef India;
Is!s % 49, s Loss of Revenue within three years
i65l-52............. 1897 t5o)
Total Charge;
1919 80 6g7 $50 If ,rs,tprs within tb,s.
fPlq-'5i............. H.lO,lW ~ vears
is5l-52............. H,gOi,6o6) ~
Ldaf- Tar:
Bengal ccafed in last four yesls hon k5aoeO 70 t5ss0
oscilsted 10 LAT four years fro 45O@v lyJ
Madras oscilasd last four year from.. $4,000 $1,000
BOMBAY osciaed last four years irofn. N@foNv %bo"O
Oros Revenue Expenditure on Public
10 l85l-52 Works In 1919
u.,g.l 9i0tO0Oo0 RG7,800
go.
$500 ........,,. $4,000 $500
outoC...............RI9Soo sos el05,@O
have been expended on roads canals bridges and other
,,orLs Of nnbiic necessity KARL MARX.
The Government sfIndia.
y.ri, bringing ard q