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    SCHISM IN COUNCIL-INDIA

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    SCHISM IN COUNCIL.—INDIA.

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    as he appears already to have excited the animosity of Antonelli by a disposition to be less extreme in his measures than the Cardinal would desire . To the latter , doubtless , the whole 4 ; ruth is . known , and suggests to his arbitrary mind the expediency of . a new St . Bartholomew massacre , which , perhaps , the presence of the French general may counteract . LA 3 robiciere is , we believe , a sincere and pious religionist , and on

    this account may gain , from his close contact with the Papacy , some impressions of the actual state of things at head-quarters which may damp his enthusiasm . We can readily see how that Napoleon III . might reasonably fear the declaration of Roman Protestantism , and the shock that it would produce in Catholic Prance , to say nothing of the triumph it would give to the concealed infidelity of Palis . Probably he is too enlightened to care much about the ultimate issue , but the present

    inconvenience would be exceedingly great . Among these corroborations , we may also notice the longpatent fact , that the more intellectual of the Italians hare been accustomed to attribute their social and civil evils to their n ligious system . From Dante to the present day , there lias been a potential Protestantism in educated and philosophical mindsnay , even the laity have found out that a celibate clergy cannot beneficially rule a married society ^ It is they , with the Pope and Cardinals , who sold Ttaly to the stranger ; who killed the soul , while the foreigner tortured the body ; and who have

    revenged upon Rome the agonies of conquered nations . In the mind of Pio Nono , too , superstition has intensified itself . It was he who edified the pillar in the Piazza di Spagna , at Home , in commemoration of the Immaculate Conception . It is thus that , in order to their . mending ,-things are brought to theiiMvorst This judicial blindness of the Pope has alienated many of the Catholic clersry , and led to that fanaticism which issued in the assassination of the Archbishop of Paris . Mariolatry is thus substituted for Christianity , in the face of entire Christendom ; and the-Catholic-Church itself is rent witlCa schism , which it is

    not impossible may culminate in Protestantism .-Signs and portents are hot wanting . The Pope issues his excommunication against the Sardinian monarch , and the clergy and people of Bologna still welcome him to their palazzas and cathedrals . The thunder of the Vatican is abortive—the light ; ning fails to strike the victim . The TeDeumh celebrated in his presence , and his presence itself lrailcd with a degree of popular

    enthusiasm perfectly astounding to those who are witnesses of his progress through Central Italy ; The Papal authority is of no value in the eyes of modern Italians—it may be , that the Papacy itself will ere long-be a thing of the past . Whether Protestantism or a reformed Catholicism will succeed , we await more evidence . But the balance is taken from its hiding-plage , and already displayed on high , in and by which the claims of P 5 T nK ^ vf » -l <^ wf » fgltPr » -jiiu 1-fiualIy _ deterinined . Of this no competently-inibrmed man can doubt , and no patriotic Italian will .

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    land publishing in the Times a bitter invective against Mr . Gladstone for increasing the income-tax to curry favour with Louis Napoleon . But , however much the Minute may trench on official subordination , and whatever lurking motives may have . promptedSirCiiARLES ' s vigilance , the public must be well pleaded to have a searching ' examination of Mr . Wilson ' s great scheme undertaken on the spot by a very competent man . Where least expected we find an official conflict subserving the purpose of public opinion and a free press , and imposing restraints alike on the despotism of Sir Charles Wood , and the narrow overbearing

    will of Mr . Wilson . The Indian officials , failing to agree amongst themselves , supply the discussion necessary to delay hasty measures . Waving all further notice of the publication of the Minute as an unexpected and perhaps unauthorized , act of one member of the Government towards another , we shall place before the public a few of the weighty objections Sir Charles Trevelyan urges to Mr . Wilson ' s scheme . Paying no regard to their official position , we take up the Minute as the enlightened comment of one well-informed man oji the . great project of another .

    The financial changes and the currency changes proposed by Mr . Wilson are both portions of one scheme . The former are based entirely on the revenue and expenditure of India ; the latter are founded on general principles of political science . To the former a special knowledge is necessary , which , according to the best authorities , is possessed in an eminent degree by Sir Charles Trevelyan , and he implies that it is not possessed by Mr . Wilson . Everything concerning the new scheme of

    finance hinges on correct estimates of revenue and expenditure , and Mr . Wilson gives no adequate details . He professes a dislike for prospective budgets , makes no estimate of wants , but proposes some very onerous prospective taxes . He invites discussion with professions of frankness , but withholds the minute information on which alone it can be founded . Even if his adversaries be wrong in their estimates of the future , there is no means of knowing whether he be right .

    His statement of the revenue and expenditure for lSo 9-60 is adnii " tted , and the deficiency of the year— £ 9 , 290 , 129—recognised . He has , however , included—as-we must stale on our own autllority—in "the expenditure £ 1 , 114 , 000 for guaranteed interests * to railway companies , but this is not a part of the permanent expenditure of the Government . In fact , the sum , and whatever the item may amount to year after year , can be paid out of the capital of the various companies deposited in .-the Indian

    Treasury , and forming part of its large balances . On December 81 last the amount so deposited belonging to them was £ 3 , : } iC ) , Q 00 . If it pay them interest on this sum , and advance them" beyond the interest the amount sufficient to pay the jninrnuteed interest , it charges them interest on the advances , whTch ^ vTiraeT ^ eTm ^^^ seems quite an error , therefore , to include , ns Mr . Wilson does , the guaranteed interest to railways amongst the permanent

    expenditure to be provided for by taxation . Sir Charles Trkvelyan refers to other charges , " like the large payments to be made next year for the Carnatic and Tangore ' debts , which . will not again recur . " Mr . Wilson proposes that a portion of the coin with which the place is to be supplied ' by state paper currency , shall be invested in public securities , which will redeem debt to an equivalent amount , to be placed to the credit of the public resources . He , has too , 000 which is

    underrated the saving in military charges— £ 1 , 740 , , less , Sir Charles asserts , than the saving already much in the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay alone , without including the lunch larger saving which maybe made in the Presidency . of Brivn ' l . Sir Chahles Wood , in fact , stated on Tuesday evening , confirming Sir 0 . TiiBVEi . VAN ' d view , that he had received accounts from India of reductions greater than he , and of course than Mr . Wilson , hnd anticipated . Mr . Wixson admits , too , that balances are in the Company ' s Treasury to the amount of

    £ 19 , 600 , 000 , against £ 13 , 398 , 000 l « st yenr ; and tins " unprecedented honrd , " Sir Charles considers , may be wisely utilised , liberating a huge portion , to the diminution of the public charges nnd the promotion of enterprise . Then , again , the trade of the country is rapidly increasing , nnd so far ns the scanty revenue derived * in any manner from increased prosperity is concerned , it will probably exceed -next year very considerably that of the year just elapsed . On those grounds Sir Charles , in

    SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN , the Governor of Madras , an Indian statesman of great reputation , has published a " Minute , " impugning Mr . Wilson's financial statement . It controverts his conclusions as to the condition of the finances of India , and condemns his proposed new taxes . The fact is of much too great importance to tolerate one of those unclassicnl sweeps of the memory , or omnium ( jatherums of the intellect , by ivhich it is customary for leader writers to introduce to notice the commonest topics of the day . It reminds ns of thet . iiue when Claveiung , Francis , and Monson conquered from Hastings and Barwell possession of the Government of India , and for n season threw all things into confusion . Such a subject requires only the plainest , most concise , and most iir » nrlnrnf > fl sffifpunpint ..

    Sir Charles Tkeyelyan has made the Government of India the chief study of his life . He is well versed in its literature , and in nil the sciences connected with government . In various departments he has carried on the art with considerable success . He was bred up in the Indian service , and though he left it for a time for the Treasury , he can but regnul Mr . Wilson , a comparatively new importation into the service of the State from commerce , as an " interloper . " The public mny

    recollect that , pn certain unpleasant subjects nt the time ot the Crimean war , and -notably the affair of the " green coffee , " these two gentlemen , then both members of the Treasury , were brought into conflict ; and may anticipate that Sir Cuahles would not allow any feasible opportunity to pass by of displaying , at Mr . Wilson ' s expense , any superiority ho can claim . Some motives of this kind may have impelled , the step which is likened , in the Indian papers , to the Lord , Lieutenant of

    Irehis long and able minute , contends that Mr . Wilson has greatly overrated the temporary deficiency in the revenue to bo provided for by new taxes , and ' underrated the probable proceeds o tie present taxes . We have no data for determining how much the deficiency fe overrated , because this depends cm the success « o the measures now in progress , but we should no bo surprised to learn , including the sum sot down on account ot railways ,

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    May 12 , 1860 . J The Leader arid Saturday Analyst * 443

    Schism In Council.—India.

    SCHISM IN COUNCIL . —INDIA .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1860, page 443, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2347/page/7/