New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-14

enlektsBed influence Of Education ana, nVIe
r. ~ PnYopeau society Ia making itself felt among the
;tTi|snt natiye fames and party which sty II
lii " young Bengal is rapidly increasing lts ranks
Tbe,e young men, whore faith m the absurdtes OF the
,cio of their fathers is destroyed have now entered
A.. tsoe OF universal scepticsm, through when they
nst pass in order TO reach the true Gospel Tneir
,corn aud frevercuce is manifested IN eating the 1esh
Of HE sacred COW, making themselvcs uPsy with the
orb;dden blood Of the grape, and dsregarng fne aw
ful limits and restrictions OF caste Many Europeans
Te shocked at these proceelngs bat thnk they are
bopeful srDs You cannot tear the deeprooted ialth
Al aces out of the heart of without tearing mp
with it all capacity for Faith. But soil gradually
srrns and the seed Of Truth, dropped at happy mo-
uent takes living hold therein
am indebted for many kind attentions, accompanied me
10 the Botanical Gardens and to the Museum OF the
Asiatc Society The latter embraces hne library
including many rare works in Oriental languages
large zOolOpicaI and mneTaOgcal COLLECTION, and a
number Of Hndoo antiquities gathered from different
parts of India Among the latter ID stone covered
will Pail characters, from which Mr frinseP' lhe as
tpgushed scholar and antiquarian, obtained MS clue
10 the reading Of inscriptions ID that language Inc
Museum however 10 evidently suffering from neglect;
the statues aud sculptures taken from ancient tepos
are scattered about the grounds and exposed to the ac
ton Of the weather and many OF the specimens oi na
urs history have been injured by the ravages OF the
white ants The Botanical Garden, which IS on me Op-
poste bank Of tie Hoogly three or four miles below
he city is beautiful spot and contains unusually
rich collection Of the trees and plants OF the ffpcs
The banyan tree with is ll0 trunks, is considered
great lion but had specimens OF more than double
HE size in the VALLEY OF the Nerbudda Among thc
ornarontal nlants | was most struck with the an
Af,sta nobt,s native of Bunnah, with glossy green
foliage and long, pendent spikes OF scarlet mowers tne
B0ueainriiiG spectabiis, one broad sheet oil purple
bloom ard the Poincta, whose sky-blue clusters Ten
70 fifteen feet in length, hung like streamers IOm phe
trees On which it leaned
From bsn AN hour before, until hour after sun
set Calcutta is to be In its greatest glory lheh
all who can procure an equlPSe, drive on the espM-
made an open space of three or four miles 10 length D
nearly mile in BREADTH extending along the banks OF
tie HOocly from the Government Palace to Fort WI
ham, and st further to the country suburb OF Gar
den Reach. All the splendOr Of Chowrnghee Road
fronts this magnificent promenade, and forgave the
pride of the Calcuttanese in their city, when joined
the brilliant stream of life in the main drive on the
banks Of tie river, watching hundreds OF 0rdly equip
ages passing and repassing, while on the other hand
the three miles OF stately resldences-paiaces, y0u
insist upon shOne osybrght In the face of the set
ting sun The Parsee, the HindoO and the Mahometan
mingled in the ranks of the pale Englishmen aud re-
cned in their carriages drove their metled Arabs
with much spirit as the best Of their c0nqderOrs
Their Cashmere shaWls their silks and jewels, and the
gay Oriental liyeres of the syces and foOtmen, gave
the display air OF pOmp and magnlhcence which
threw HYDE Park and the Champs Elystes into the
shade The fine band from Fort William, playing
lively airs the green gave the GROWING charm 10
was forgotten and the rich sensuous life of the East
Ga he'd into sudden and startling yiydness shall try
TO retain the impression of these sunset views OF Cal
cutta they belong to that class of memories which
are but enriched by time.
Here, on the eve of my departure from India seems
fitting occasion to say few words the character
and the results Of English rule The Government OF
tie East India Company presents an anomaly To when
there is no parallel in history. 1t is system so COM
plicated and involved embracing many heter0gene-
II. apds In praED as n
the ignorance manifested in the English Parlla-
ment with regard to its operations is scarcely to be
wondered at From the rapidty OF my progress
through the country and the disconnected AMI lmper-
feet nature Of my observations, feel some reluctance
in venuring upon the subject and you must be con
tented to receive few general impressions, instead OF
a critical dissection of the system IN elenso, which in
deed, would occupy too much space, even II were
competent to undertake il.
My previous notions of English rule III INDIA wore
obtained chiefly from the articles on the subject IN
the progressive newspapers OF England, ana were,
need hardly say, unfayorable The American press is
still more savage in its denunciaons, though very few
of the writer's have any definite idea of the nature of
the wrongs over which they grow so indignant That /
there are wrongs and abuses which call for severe rep
rehenson, is undeniable; but have seen enough to
satisfy that in spite OF oppression In some instances
the most grinding character III spite OF that spirit OF
selfish arerandizement which first set foot and is
st prosecuting the subugatoD Of India the country
bes prospcred under English Government So far from
reglettng the progress OF annexation, which has been
rapid of late years (and who that We should
cast stone against this sinN shall consider it
fortunate thing for india when the title OF every
tive SOVEREIGN is extngushed and the power OF Eng
land stretches in unbroken integrity, from Cashmere
to Cape Comorn. Having made this admission, shall
briefly refer to of the most prominent evils and
benefits Of the system.
1t is the misfortune of India that ii is governed by
commercial corporation, which annually drains the
country Of large proportion of its revenues 1t is
true that the amount of dividend on the East India
stock is fxedby Parliament and cannot be exceeded,
but that stock with the debts incurred by various
pensiye wars amounts to upward of 1925 100000 to
meet the interest which requires annual expend
iture of Sl5000000 Besides this, large amount Of
money passes out of TIE country in the form of sala
ries and pensions (the Civil Service being much bet
ter paid than any other service in the wOrld that
q constant system of depletion is carried on which
would have greatly impoverished the country by this
time had not its effects been partially c0unteracted by
other and compeusating influences in the Government
The governing machinery is also very unwieldy and
NUMBERING fettered BY system of checks which, as
some Of the departments are seven thousand miles
apart renders t extremely difficult TO introduce new
measures matter how urgent may be the necessity
for their adoption. Parliament in this instance ad-
here's 20 tie old maxim OF Qata EOa M0rere, ana al
though the charter of the East India Company comes
up for renewal next year, 1t cannot be expected that
the least Step will be taken to lop off the old eXcres
ccnces and simplify the action Of It's executive powers.
Tie relation Of the Government to the laborng MIL
lions Of India is one which has been frequently con- /
demned IL was inherited from the former rulers, but
has since undergone considerable modification, and not,
am sorry TO say, for the better 1t is substantially
that OF landlord ana tenant the Government hOldag al
the land as its property, and leasing 20 the IN
hSbit6nts according to certain form of assessment IL
al. tia oh in