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    CDOVJ3R A"ND GALAIS RASLW&Y. A. auuMiA-T...

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    1celitar¥ Ppiniojst In India. Fob Severa...

    ' ^ lW < 68 WWHMWWtB ^ WHtt'BB > C i lMlVBT ) Bt ! ttBCtliHy ' l !^| f i ni WfiJIOW . aw ^ wabiar ;!^ ' , ;;^; . .- ¦¦ . ¦ ' . '¦¦ •• ¦ ^^ ¦ . .-v ' v . - ., : vv ' . ^; T ^ fiB ^ bymA fejf iabJJUtrsTa ^ "In i « 5 m «* * fficwa of &« -Bengal ittnjr Had 6 < mJ tnenced to , pert * ive and to attempt to remeay the state « f anaus , rwJuck wa ** teac % - « id > iaEillibly bringing on ¦ ' ^ i fcngSP ^ ^^ ^ c ^* " ^** «« e native ianay . . -jlhey ,- cotajfteacea to promote Tnen by merit ; A . * 6 nder ,. WteO ^ Md ,- * L 'tlras pat fiS * te « nsoundM > ld becfcr ; wfc & b . migiit with care fca ^ e « town , ' ^^^•^^ ' *^ 9 ^ - SU ( wW ; ilw ^ --aan » ' ¦ _ But it was carushea at oneeby the fanuras xiwanotion

    The writer caBya ^ ses ^ itt severity a . irumber of military appointments ^ in which ; from iis eletai ; ed raaik , he could have no possible personal intepcl ^ fc , ^ anfi then adds - — ' " To re-eatBilisbGrtirIn <^ nJEln ^ r ^ an imperial effort , « f all England and India combined , will now be -necessary . Necessary on account of the immense quantity of diseased European mirid , ana of Anglp-Beiigiaee prejudice , to be got . ^ d of ; otherwise there ate health and strength enough in Ataflraa aaui Bombay to reoroanize cyeiythujg . ' ? .: ¦; : . X-. 7 ., ¦;; ¦ . ; . ' ¦ . ; ; ¦ : . ¦ :. ¦ ' /;>; ¦ ' ; . :, ¦ ¦ / - ¦ , ? \ . -: ¦ - . . "V ^ h ^ t follpws is ; i'de ^^ g ^ f ' aiii ^ iii :. iiKbiention > --- ; V- ' 7 r : ¦ ¦¦ k , ^ " - ¦ /¦ : . : r - '¦¦ ¦ ¦ v . , : - /• • ¦¦ ; - . ;\ -

    .:, <* India andthe . peopleof Jndiioffer « s nd ^ ppoaitibtt ^—ipb 5 ittre ^! none % > ate ^ v ^ e ^ fi ! aytp ' u 8-ateve ^ - * 6 T ^ Goyeni ^ s ; ' - ^ in every ; possible -way they cry aloud . « Gowm 113 ! Wire M ^ ^^ m : rfl ^ -Md w ^ Willing *> foBow ; if you /^ 4 ea &> WiiaVpractically , has fceenour xepjy ? jNoJ wewallnot govern ,: « e-wilLsink ourselves to your level 6 t nioral jpower , and we will ill govern 'together , " Look even at our army : a recruit offers himself with ^ no idea s <* iiiytliing but absolute © bedwnc ^ to Jna offices ^ : ^ eifest step isto wssd to ^ hiin articles . of war , to prove tobimithat Ms Bonnal state ib ^ ^ ^^ ^ ntra ^ ^ ^ p ^^ ^

    : ** Ereatt he ; fejdsttat beforefcteicommanding officer ; can : punish faim m > a » y wy , he *< ihe coinmaiKling otecer ) ! must consult £ he opinions « f certadn omlsewtble old native ! lmbecilea—members of \ a court ^ nrartial—thus'pretending ihat we look on worn-out half-dead riatiye Indiaiis as j better tlan ^^ « dacatefl and vxgorpuB English geitlemen . ' * ! The inaiirfe ^ ianeB of a ^ descendant dfTikbrcr ^ i at Delhi has , long t > eenrecogiiized as a fatai ' error i —~ 7 ^ : ^; v : ^ V '; -: ' v' ^ v : / :-v--: W , '¦¦ ' :- ¦ : ^ ' ' '' ¦ ¦ \ ¦" "WTiett ; 'ffite Chouse ^ 'Bronffm cfc was called to the i tlurone * pf England , ythai wotold have be 6 n thought of the i

    wisdom wtncb . should have anaintamed a Stuart king of England , in Sfe .. Jaines's Palkoe , with ^ egal , pdw « ri Veactending for half a mile arouad the said palace ? We ^ have actually acted thus . In fact , we first destroy all : our own power of seif-governmeiit , ^ y making bur pffi-i cers contemptible , iby ^ grading them in their o wn ey es , \ by attemptkig to fedoce them to the level of the Asiatic , ' by st 9 Eping their ^ rKole motal ^ growth , and then wej suppose 'Chat 'by doing so we have rendered . the nativesj Of India <^ able -of -self-goyernment ! No person—^ no ! thing— rjppoeBBSiwt except our own follies . "

    jso «»«| ififerang ! e inci ^ erits aeeompanyiirg iihe eampaign ? in OPoreia illustrated . Irlie feeUng produced * y the militaTy iBystefm in Iridwi •— -. . ; 'fW » en "owriftrd Regiment of Native Cavalry do one of the beet things of itbo kind ever donn in modern ^ war , they jtemain unnoticeid in public , and are insulted in private by the remarks of Meesra , * " * * and Co . ; . yet , wb . en t 3 ie miserable mutineexs of Bengal . graciously ab-Btain ftomcntting their oflScers * throats , they are loudly landed ) in special Gcrvornment Gasettes . :

    " When , the men of a cavalry regiment behave-most j disgracefully , and in a manner which would have caused me , had'I commanded , to order them to be shot do-wn on ! the spot ,, they -are held up as patterns of fidelity to the ' laidien army , fulaonvely thanked , & c . & c . .. . . ideUbonakily . assertv that enoh procoedingB as these on ' the part a £ jour rulers , mat meoeagarify cause , if . they do ^ mcnyai tf ^ justify , tie . disaffection of our mativo troops , i We Can ^ igovWn -them by trath . and honesty only , and yet w 4 onothing T > ut fie to them at every taro . TSo ' troops ron tearth , on any occasion ¦ wliKtever , -could have i behayod better tluua sottr native Indian BoWiera oa the Persian expedition . -

    • ' ¦ Even when'her Majesty's 64 th formed part of the force ttttseldng BtiBhlre , tho 20 th Bombay Native In- ! iantry ert . aheaa : ianl 4 » ofc : th « . place , their advance party ! behaving hmoioa ^ iy . | " Hoe 3 rd Cavalry busimss hoa never been exoellod , ¦ and the Belooch'Beyoys , when weary themselves , carried the dhotflKira tf the sick , wounded , and tired Europeans . M A . llithis iB thought beneath considenvtion , 'wfcile the eontenQpiktoib and cowardly Bengalee ( who always rcfuao to go . on . service at all ) are , when they mutiny , Wept over by old women , whoso miserable cant and gross ignorance of the real Oriental character are applattriiail rt © the dklm in tfco Parliament « f England , as theoMDBt < titm 8 Uttim » ie wisdom , eloquence , nnd tratlv ; and Itow ifQoloiMl' * ¦* " * 'writaa about tbo nonMtottoducstimi of ¦ fflminfieiMty ,,: taoBL Ensign * passing in HnnflostMieo as '' HhargntpaMOffttbii -iaDing empire , GoocKSod ! has the

    manhood « f our nation altogether departed , and dissolved itito such streams of orivel as these ? . V , VThe AB 3 atic i b 0 wB b « toTe getterrons honesty andblgh tacrral power , before inanlinesa in fa-ot . He soorris imoonshees , and laughs at ? passed ? - men . What a . ^ g lorious example of their linguists Jmve the Indian government in that ^ i « fe » o affai An officer , wJ * o hB & verved « £ » gectts to the iSvnB Irregular 'Horse on the fSvui boTVler HubO . not pa « eed in 'Hfaftastattee , and was ih 9 te £ ote xpronomieedM 7 yti idaovi-mtaidatrotgx . Mr . ** " ! , a inanyrtongued youth , was appointed -instead . Yen know tbe result . The troop was formed by * * * wearly two yeara ago , bnt lias never d « one & day ' s work yet- —Mb never even reached Adten ! aid ttife tme felly hasicest the Sbata ahseady . sonae two lakba off rupees , y ^ luch might witi « qual . advantage . have - been ^ thrown intothe & ea . " : : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . •¦¦ . "¦ ' ¦ ' . ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' .. ^ " .-V ' : "¦ ' ,: ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '

    . ^ : ^ practical sugges ^ bns fiopi a so " r iatipguislied deserve , < Jf eburaej very serious attention . The writer ' s ( proposal is thai ; afl = officers destiiiedibr the ; Indian service ; should l > e . educated at a special military college in England , imd that the officers of each of the armies of India should be enrolled upba one ' igradaijion list j consisting of a jeertain ; jumi--? ber of vgehemls and other ranks , down io the ¦

    ensign . :- — . ;;/ r . \^ ... . :: ¦ ¦ :.: . ,. ; ' . '¦ ; -.., .... . . ;¦¦ .. ¦ ¦ .:. ¦; - ¦ ¦ -. ¦ .:-: '; -- - . ** ' 1-et ptorndtion on fhis list proceed T ) yseniorltyj aha , after twenty years ' -service m Indiaj let every man retire on the -full pay of the rank towhidh he may have attained ; -Jf * afik be grantied for servicea performed , it eiould be substantial rank , and the officer so piomobed should at once take his place in the general list according to the date of' bb 3 , commission , on exactly the same footing as ^ If > he had risen by sfeniority only . ^ ; . •; .:

    * ' Let this general list be the unemployedifet , let rank in this list be the only permanent rank , and let all the liaemployed officers receive a litseral rate of ipay sufiicient to / support ithem as gentlemeh i tlhie same ; rate being allowed in India and w-uen on leave to Europe ^ -: : "" The unemployed pay should be fixed iridependently of place and ekeumstasxee , and this 701114 enable a great niimber ? bf officers y ^ hile on ;> th ; e * unemployedjlist' to guaBfy themselves for every species of employment . ; * ' ^ rbin ^ this generallist select officers for regimentSj and for ^ every species of public employment , according to merits and qualifications . /; : : 'Y- ' y . i . V > ' : : C ' y ;' -- "' : ¦> .: > ' - Let four English officers only be appointed to each : native . Indian regiment Let the troops and companies be connnanded by native officers . - "; ¦ : ;

    "• Let regimental commanaing omcers be absoltrte in their : iegimerits , that ; is ^ ijgive them full magisterial powers over all ranks of natives under them , let ; tkeie be no articles ofwar . Let there be no regulations imposed by head-quarter authorities , ex . ce . pt that the officers comrnanding regiments should be desired to hold ; daily orderly room in public , all officers attending , save when absent by permission . ; ¦ . '; , ¦ ¦«! That everything throughoat the army arrangements be as public as possible . That no attempt bemadeto prevent ike expression dfjpublic opinion regarding ' official proceedings \ by the -public press or otherwise .. ; and that officers found incapable of commanding efficiently wilihout the help of regulation be removed to the unemployed list tfll required for other work more adapted to "their capacities . The officers so . removed to be in no case succeedefl . by those serving under their regimeirtal

    command .: ; :: ' :. - - ,. ¦ :: ; --. - >¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ .., ¦¦ : . . ;'¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . •; ' ¦'¦ ¦ '¦ '¦' : ¦ ' . '¦ . ]¦ " Let commanding officers end heads of departments judgeof the merits of their subordinates , and let their recommendations regarding their advancement , & c , be attended to . : -- ¦ y . y :. : - ' ¦/¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦''¦ ¦ . ' . ' ¦"¦ ' '''' ¦ "¦ . ¦ ' / : •''¦¦ ' ¦'¦ '' ¦ ¦ ¦" " ^ Let : the'Sepoys have no rights ; as , against the commanding officer , who should enlist , promote , and -discharge , & c , as seems good to him . 5 but if a regiment be not in a perfectly efficient state , hold the commanding officer -responsible , take no excuse , but , if necessary , remove him to the unemployed list . " But . if one or more individuals fail , deal with each case individutdly , and avoid particularly making general rules wliich will only trammel other and more able men , but will not make imbeciles efficient . .

    ¦'¦ " Let the men of every regiment bo always provided with carriage , and be Teady , xaeveiy respect , to move anywhere , and do anything , at a day ! s notice . Have pcrmanant head-quarters for « ach corps . "If . these arrangements l ) e carried into effect and honestty acted on , our native Indian army would , in a yery few years , ¦ ¦ be-equal to any army on earth for Bervioe nnywhere . Its mobility will fully match , and will < be invaluable in conjunction witb , the aolid strength of the native English troops . "

    These views have the uncommon merit of being practical as well as suggestive , and we may add that they represent the opinions of an influential military circle in India ,

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    Cdovj3r A"Nd Galais Raslw&Y. A. Auumia-T...

    CDOVJ 3 R A"ND GALAIS RASLW & Y . A . auuMiA-TtifNi ] Tpailway communicfttion between tiho ' coasts of , Kent and iPicardy hn-sj long been a beate- reve -with FretidKenginoore . ' Wo do not know that practical 'Englishmen

    iGUjSonB ) . We . areiibid , natuce ' ihas so arranged the ; « rgill | tceous : dfipoaibsioirininigNthe 4 sed of the Channel , that aio obstriictidns aire to be apipretendefi on h ^ 4 score ; / thotiiaifiielij * heiz < jiies of XXtfbrd , Eirnin ^ dg ^^ aBd Sceald clay s , of which the strata ;; : are conapos ^ sd , can eaail j be escavated . Tlie ODh ^ niea [ Duiinfil was rUioiight an impossibility in itstime ; -the iploa ; of fthe Box Tunnel startled even « ivtl ^ # io ^ uieera by its jdimenaioris ; but « o bold have we amce

    haw beaa . filfetted ktto thte kdwme . ODive & yotuuteM e * mtik the aiaoiples iof &&&& rolyieohniqiie is a . innih ^ l ;^ fcefoon ^ iruicted & om Gape Oriaaa * p a ^ p oisit . afeoi ^ aaidwAy bet ^ eai iFolleest ^ ne tand 3 > oyqt ; Aiccordito * 9 ! th ^^ latest reports , it ^ peara that ; aauimS ofBdentafie geiAlemen . haveOrganized th ^ maelwas iato a idtab at Paris , duid . the question of a isufcaqueoua passage has fen ^ eriq-usly ooafildejred . The plans axe furnished b ^ Ml : cde

    beep me that we iattack eTei maountainsf - } aM rescl ^ r « fcb lay brttre the oeniral rooks « f Mouat Genis . ¦' . ' [¦ ; . . ; . j ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦{ ' " ' . ' : ; : ¦ "¦ ¦ : ; : ' : ¦ '¦' ::,. v ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ; ' ¦ ¦'¦ - . ¦ : i ^ Btpifc lw pxac ^ epieadid iWTOme we o ^ fer . ^ sta ^ ramenljs ; ten d fco ;^ ov * ha 1 ;( thei > e > lies : a * rth e bofefcdmof iheisea an island « alled iibte ^ ^ aaie Star , ' and fixclueive of thisnataaraiiadvaiiiage , it is propoaed to raise thirteen artificial islaiid 8 in . the ^ -Gbaaiael albng ^ v ^ iprojjecfeed lirie to

    Through . theseislands ;^ a £ lffl ^ e ; b ^ « ustk to ¦ the ^ ie ^ ei . of . ilie pcojectedi fcuniifili ; aind ttefe aocompliahed , the ^ ork of excavation eau be commenced * t twsenty-eiglat peiais or--native The opfit is t ^ amabM aterimg . " ^ and perhaps it will not ''&& :, ifbargotien :: phttb thi ^ ee yearsiago ]^ eh ^ tiieer ,: projected a similar ^ jwoik * Mjs design was that Mie ^ i ; uniiel shbolid be icon * sfcructed so tliat the ibed 4 > f . earth shoidd

    di v ide dtfirc ^ & m \ mm \ im ^ Mckness of j ? eveniiyisi ^ feet ; th ^ ^ thiis ^ pierced . shpuM be ^ / Imed wiili a ; double arcb , the first fep consist of ^ ^ granite and iiaipCTmeable ceh > ent , the second of tiiin iron plafces , pierced in order to betray the least filtration of thesea ^ and that fi ^» dwells stould be sunk , ot rather , five hollow shafts ; reared in . different parts of the phannel to facilitate the worki Hoi Jess ithan iw ^ nt ^ seVen , liiiles of ground , fconbaining spm ^ billioiis of ? cubie feet , TJKwdd ba ^ e to be dug' iaway since to preseryaVa maximum . inclinse the ^ boring would X 5 oaninen . ce some ( three or four lniles iiilaiid

    : « in either coastu Tlie general eipenditur-e was eatimated at four millions sterling , or about two . millions aiadra hall" less thau the scliemiB proposed by M : db Q-amokd . Eor those , however , wlao may -disapprove of burrowing into the bowels of tihe eartli liJie " ? old mole / a loftier plan has been devised for establishing railway communication 'betwe ^ i

    this island and the Continent . The origi-Etator in ; this instance is an Eriglidiman , Mr . Cha-bles BoT » , vand in the opinions of most persons his idea is more desirable , if oot more feasible , thanihe JPrench flchenie . , He proposes to tibirow a viaduct , on tlie tubuiar principle acros * the Channel , and ¦ fchter cob ^ nect us by asupora-anarme roadway wifcli ^ t ^ countries of Europe . The Engliab fcernuaus of -the bridge would rest on Dover Um , which supply aicolossal . buttress , whilst towera

    five hundred feet apart , rising ft'OJu tlio oea of fhe Ohanael , would be erected and st « Jifi like a chain of Eddystone lig btliouses to sup- port Ahe colossal etriicture . The sumimt 01 each tower is to form a Pharos chain m , aaad contain a \ gas reflector and an alarm , tor the double object of guiding vesBelem ;^ dark and warning them in ft fog . Cape (^ riu *> Aernainates the dine on the broach ooasc . 03 ho length of tlie viaduct would ^ . ™ ensy miles , and traveraed in eom ^ hing I " *" , BftTno number of minufcea . XI 10 gcea ^ et

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05121857/page/14/