The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-20

do not menoa seuor Lsfvagua's departure which has
scesk Il srss. length Of the u.truct,oOs syen ~
the spsnh Cabinet to the Duke or Rvas In order to ex
plain anew the state Of the Hsp.no Mexican dispute to
the French government, and 10 show how little Mexico
feels conscious Of the satisfaction shich owes Spain
All this further preof that the OF Isabella
II will not undertake any hing against Mexico before hav
ing gained 10 it, the support of France and
England The United States It's attitude to yards
Cuba ndcAte nevertheless, this line OF conduct Spain
From II Clamor Pubico, OF Madrid
Our views in this matter are fxed and do not think
with Others that Vera Cruz the only vulnerable point
of Mexico il weaker In the Pacific than In the Gulf ami
that expedition against Acapulco would DO crowned
only leads prefer this point Of the coast
TO Vera Cruz.
IT. a. s minated, the government Of the United States
sustans Cousoniort projects for resistance IL
easily support him In the Pacific a. in the Gulf Will ID Is
nearer ports and this side IL contiguous TO The
United States Besides these advantages on that ocean,
Spain can count upon sympathes and support of the
Central republics, hostile through interest, to the
Aneosaxons and now bound together oy an International
gon Alvarez rules and there the outrages nave been COM
mitted The appearance Of our troops that throughout
there the act of justice exercised the Of the Mex
can people and the civilized world.
not negotiation battles andnot conferences The honor OF
Spain viii not be satisfied with protocols Claims another
repaTaton which, though terrible, is the only one that the
recognizes a. compensation for aasasslnaton-Detem
pro des'ts, colcem pro coloe
The MlutiDy In India.
In the House of Lords the 9th inst the Marquis OF
CAsRCARDE In rising t0move for returns relative TO the
civil service in India, said that as he believed there was
objection 10 their production and there must before
opg be general inquiry into the administration OF the
Indian government he would not dean their lordshps at
any length. When the present disturbances were put
dowp-and be had no doubt they would be queed at a
much less cost and with much LEGS difficulty than some
persons oed-Paramens inquire into the causes
Of the state of things which recent events had proved to
exist In the Indian my To suppose that this was mere
question Of creased cartridges was absurd The returns
which he desired would be Of great service In the
ton OF Investigations and would show what the
of administrative force at the disposal Of the In
information but appeared 10 him that they were expect
ing the present Governor General 10 administer the ass
Of India with The :ame number Of civil that were
territory much smaller in extent To show their lord
shps that be bad not adopted that opinion without due
Lord Dahsusie which had been laid upon the table of
their lordships' House in the course Of the last
minute that Sin eight years four Indian kingdoms had
passed under the scepre Of her Majesty and that various
ehesnsbp and smaller districts had been brought under
General enumerated Khyrpore, Uagoo Sikh some Ne
p.uese sirdars, Mundote the Nawab Nazim Of Bengal,
and the States Of Central India Then there were besides
those the Pupab Raugoon Nagpore Sattara Hyderabad
and Oude-the population thus brought under the dom
FOULS. while the extent Of territory thus acquired amount
ed to 2o7 eS7 square miles 1t also appeared, from a re-
turn which had been laid upon the table of their ordshps
House. that the of der Eed from those
additions territory In India Ga 900 per
annum. hstanding that large increase, however, In
corresponding addition had been made to civil service
In India The number OF the covenaned civil servants in
1856 il was not more than 49, It was quite Gear, there
fore, that We were imposing upon the Governor Gene
raj Of India the task OF ruling an empire OF considerably
had been appointed IL 1S46 In administer the affairs
OF much smaller territory How long, he woald ask
Of possessions which TO be deprived Of that eaac
character by which the number OF the public servants
adapted the requirements Of the Slater What
the which, under those circumstances, was open
to the Governor General when demand for an increase
the OF me CIV hr ,evan srcse why II a the
he debarred from calling TO his aid member Of the
uncovenanted civil service. What WAS the consequence
He obliged resort 70 the military department. and
officers away from the duties Of their profession
to All civil empoyments Thus when an increase In the
number OF civil servants In India became imperative
dmuniton Of the military the invariabl
suit He had heard stated that the humber Of officers
who under those circumstances taken away from
their regiments amounted to no less than Is per cent
That such state Of tn ngs existed he attributed to the
fault Of no Individual he deemed 70 be the result Of
the system, and he trusted the government would, by
agreeing TO the production Of the returns for which he
TO move, place their lordshps and the country
position to obtain accurate information upon subject
important 10 the efficient OF the affairs Of
Indian empire The noble lord concluded by moving for
the following :-Return OF the number OF officers be-
longing 70 and in the civil service OF the East
India Company distinguishing those in the covenanted
n those In The services, and In receipt Of
not less than f400 year salary, the 1s OF January,
1916 and similar return for the LIST OF January, 1885,
and aso return Of the number Of military officers employed
in diplomatic political other civil services, the LIST
OF January 1885, and similar return foo the LIST OF Janu
AIRY, 1896
full and searching inquiry into the condition OF India In
all its branches would be instituted II such inquiry
took place would he thought DC found Necessary So 70
erto beer adopted towards that country and especially In
portion Of that policy he alluded TO that by shch the
annexation Of the territories OF princes whose dominons
bordcred upon brought about In the adop-
ton Of that system. deed, might be found Of the
which had led 10 the mutines which had lately
taken plsce. In support of that reform he might
that about fifteen months sin ce he had had long CONVEX
saou With an intelligent Mahommedan native OF India In
reference annexation OF Dude. aud the gentleman
In question had upon that occasion observed 10 him, II
you Dude you will find that disalecion
this reason; They are all drawn nom the sgr,.
cultural but not from the peasant class. They are
what you would call In this country yoomen small
landlords Tncy are Of the hgbost caste being either Raj
poots or Brahm and Of most namsbo character
They number about $4,000, and will necessarily be de-
prived Of many OF their privileges BIZ tue annexation OF
their territory" Such the opinion Of the gentleman
to whom be had referred and he might add ,hai had al
90 been pointed ought 10 him that tine land revenue
system whi,h the government had introduced into tao
northwestern provinces OF Indis and which made TO
follow the annexation OF this territory, regarded
by the natives great hardship, iDasmuch under It's
operation every mans property was surveyed and each OF
ms ,,s - he ana in bs he unssrs,oog S.
Her Majesty Ministers might rely upon the fac that lao
petitions had already emsnaied from the sepoys OF Oade
In reference 10 that sube and he therefore trusted that
the would institute the most minute inq irics
into the sysem 10 which he had adverled. lie had only
that morning received newspaper from India, called the
Rising SUM- dated May 20, which contained quotation
from another Journal complaining Of the Irritating nature
/ OF the survey OF the lands In that country.
The Duke OF ARGYLL having int mated his assent
the part OF the 10 the production Of the
turns,
! The motion was agreed 10.
OPINION IN FRANCE.
Prom The Paris Union, July
All oopjeciures with regard the probable consequence
OF events In British India supcrhuous, for result
has already infested self-e ta>ring Of the por IF
England. Now ask, can England aner her policy Of
the pact century aspire 10 single expression OF sympa
thy from Europey For the last hundred years England
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