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trimming policy convenient to Russia—arid perhaps in still oppressing Schleswig-Holstein . At all events , King _ and Commons are reciprocallydelighted : he entertains all the deputies at dinner , and a respectable mob serenades him by torchlight , bitter cold notwithstanding . Sad confusion of sharps and flats , somewher e * we suspect . The Report on the best meaare of reforming- tlte Indian Civil Service , which has just been given m to the Board of © jntrol , i * one of the mosfr important documents- that have been publishred for many a day . It is known that some time ago the Directors of the India House , in conjunction with
the Government , resolved to abandon the system which has hitherto prevailed of nominating young men to civil appointments in India by mere private favour , and to adopt a system of competitive examinations , which would have the effect of throwing open the Indiaxi Civil Service to all the educated youth of Britain . The preparation of a detailed scheme for this . end was intrusted to a commission , consisting of Mr . Macaulay , Lord Ashburton , Mr . H . Melvill , the Rev . R . Jowett , and Mr . J . G-. S . Lefevre . It is of tbe report given in by these gentlemen , that -we now speak . It is an admirable specimen of what a report should be—clear , exact , comprehensive , and
practical . We should fancy that Mr . Macaulay ' s pea has had most to do-with its composition . The Report , in the first place , recommends that the age of candidates for the Indian service should be advanced , by -which change a , more ' highly educated class of young men will be secured ; and It will be possible for young nien to go to the universities arid distinguish themselves there before going to H aileybury . Cambridge , Oxford ,. Dublia , Edinburgh , ( Glasgow , and all other seats of learning -will have the prizes of the Indian service in view ; and young men , who now work for fellowships and the like , will have a new course before them . The number of vacancies in
the Indian civil service is about 40 annually ; and thus there will be 40 prizes annually open to our young raen—each , being nothing less than , an honourable position , during one ' s whole life , with a handsome retiring independence at the age of about 48 . It is expected that perhaps 300 youths will annually come forward , as competitors for the 40 appointments . In order to do justiee to these , it is proposed that the examination shall be wide and general in . its nature , and such as not to give advantage to any one seat of learning , or any one part of the island . The subjects recommended for examination are English History , Compositionand
, Literature ; Greek , Latin , French , German , Italian , Mathematics ; Natural Science ; Moral Science ; Sanscrit , and Arabic . Proficiency in each of these subjects is to be estimated according to an idea of its relative importance—excellence in English History , Composition , and Literature , for example , counting as . 1500 5 excellence in Mathematics as 1000 ; . excellence in Greek or in Latin 750 ; while excellence in Sanscrit or In Arabic is to count only as 350 . Thus , while a Cambridge mathematician , will get credit for his mathematics , and an Oxford , man for his classics , young men
from other seminaries who may excel in knowledge of history , literature , or natural and moral science , will find these advantages tell in the result . The forty successful . candidates every year ought , according to the Report , to be then aubjqeted for one or two years to a special training , either in Haileybury or elsewhere— -the ( subjects of this special training being Indian ^ History ,, Jurisprudence , Commercial and financial , Science ^ and the various . Oriental languages in vernacular use in India . The students are to bo examined in those , and are to take rank in the ae » v 3 ee according ., to their degrees of proiir ciency .
Such is the outlino' of a ., chango of all but inxjalr culable importance aa rogardasQciety at home and the Indian Service , Let m , fcono that it ia but the prelude to a similar change , ux tho Civil Service at homo . Wo believe Government have Still their Civil Service Schema inxetentis and are now collecting , opinions with respect to it from men of practical experience in ouloial Hfo , The opinions of all our first , intellectual men — Mr . GarlyUvfar example , Mr . John Stuart Mill , and _ Mr- Oroto—have boon already strongly expressed in its favour ; one of them , we understand , expressing Ujs wonder and disgust that a , measure which had " wore true , domcorfttia virtue , in it than ton . Rpfprm , BUte , " ahould . have been assailed by journals . calling tlnei »» olvc » Liberal and Democratic .
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The House of . Lords met last Saturday „ when the Foreigners Enlistment Bill was finally passed , the amendments- of the Commons being agreed to . The royal assent was given to the "bill , and also to the New Militia Bill . The House then adjourned to the 23 sd of January . In the House of Commons a new writ vac ordered for Kiugston-upon-Huffi , Mr . W . D . Seymour having accepted the Kecordersbip of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . On the motion of Sir H . Willocghby , various returns on the subject of savings banks were ordered . After some notices of motion had been given 3 the House adjourned until the 23 rd of January .
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Pakliament-ajiy Motions apter the Hecf . ss . — The notices of motions after the recess include one by Sir W . Clay , for the total abolition of churchrates , and one by M . J . P . Locke King , for a bill to repeal certain acts which are sleeping and useless , hut yet in force . Mr . Seholefield intends to move for aa inquiry into the practice of adulterating articles of food and medicine . Mr . Williams will urge the injustice of the existing probate duty on personal property , while land and real property are exempted ; and Mr . Pellatt will call the attention of the-House to the laws and regulations of-rural and metropolitan public and private burial grounds and cemeteries , " with a -view of inducing the Government to remedy inconveniences caused by Tecent stringent measures for closing old grounds without making it imperative on the parochial authorities to provide new burial grounds for the poor . "
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opening of the french legislative ;¦ session . . ; . ; . , ,:: Osr Tuesday the Emperor opened , in person ^ , th e Legislative Session . The ceremony took place at the Tuileries , in . the Salle des Marechaux , the Erapress and Prince Jerome being present , with ' the usual array of members of the Diplomatic CorpSj Senators , and Deputies . The Emperor made the following speech : — ¦ " Messieurs les StNATKtms , " Messieurs i , es Deputes , - " Since your last meeting great deeds have been accomplished . The appeal which I made to the country to defray the expenses of the war was so well responded
to , that the result has surpassed my hopes . In the Baltic , as in the Black Sea , our arms have been victorious . Two great battles have added renown to our standard . The intimacy of our relations with England , has been brilliantly attested . The English parliament has voted thanks to our generals and to our soldiers- A great empire , made young again by the chivalrous sentiments of its sovereign , has detached itself , from the power which for forty years lias menaced the independence of Europe , Tlie Emperor pf Austria Las concluded a treaty—defensive to-day , offensive , perhaps , to-morrow—wMch unites his cause with that of France and England .
"Thus , gentlemen , aa the war is prolonged the number of our allies increases , and the ties already formed become closer . For what ties are , in fact , more secure than the names' of victories shared by the tvro armies and recalling a . common glory , the same anxieties and the same hopes agitating the two countries , and the same aims and the same intentions animating the two governments in all ports of tho globe ? Thus the alliance with England is not the effect of a mere passing interest or of political expediency , but it is the union of two powerful nations associated for the triumph of a canso in which for more than a century their own greatness , tho interests of civilisation , and tho liberty of Europe are at the same time involved . Join mo , then , on this solemn occaflion in thanking here , and in tho name of Franco , the Parliament for ita cordial and warm demonstration , and the English army and its estoemed
chief for their vivliant co-operation . Next yeai ! , should peace not be established , I hopo to obtain the assistance of that Germany whoso union and prosperity wo desire . " I am happy in paying a just tribute oft x > r < iiso to tho army and tho fleet , who , by thoir devotion and discipline , in tho south as in Fjrance , " have nobly answered my expectations . Tho army of the East has hitherto borno and overcome everything — disease , fire , tempest , and privations * a city constantly roviotuiilled , defended by a formidable artillery on land and sea , nnd two hostile armies superior to us in numbers , have beon powerless to woakon itH courage , or subdue , its spirit . ISnoh man nobly did IUb duty , from tho marshal who seemed to Imvu forced death to wait till ho had conquered , to tho privato Holdior or sailor whoso lust cry in oxpiring wan 11 prftyor for Franco ., and a cheer for tho ulect of hia country . Lot us , fhon , together proclaim Mint , the army « md tho ( loci , have deserved well of tho country .
" War , it is truo , brings with it cruel saerUleos , yet everything bids m « push it on with vigour , . nnd for this imrpoao I <; oimfr upon yonr iiHHistanca . The army « t )> Te » ent < oonaietB oF 516 ^ 000 'solut e ™ and 11 » , 000 homes , A-ud tho nrcvy ofi 02 , 000 Bailors ailoat . It i » indittpeiiBnuly nawmnry ta keep this Jfbroo in' » n effective » tat ©;
and to ffff op tfte vacancies occasioned by the annual discharge ^ anri by the war , I shall ask of you , as I did last year , a levy of 140 , 000 men . A law will be brought before yea fat ameliorating the position of soldiers reenlisting ; -without increasing the expense : it will be of immense advantage to increase the number of veteran soldiera ia the army , and to allow in future the weight of the . ccwactiption to be diminished . I hope that this law will soon meet with your approval . " I shall demand of you authority to conclude a new national loam Although * this measure will increase the public < iebt , we must not tbeget that fey the conversion of the Rentes the interest of the debt has been reduced by twenty-one millions and a half . The object of my efforts is to place the expenditure on a level with the receipts , and the ordinary budget to be presented to you ¦ wil l be found in equilibrium , while the resources of the loan will suffice to meet the demands of the war .
" X ° " T ^ witu Pleasure that our revenues have not diminished , that industrial enterprise is sustained that all the great works of public utility are continued ^ and that Providence has graciously given us a harvest sufficient for out wants . The Government , nevertheless , does not close its eyes to the uneasiness caused by the dearness of provisions , but has taken every measure in its power to prevent and lighten this uneasiness , and has founded in several places new elements of work . 11 The contest which Is going on , restrained as it is bymoderation and justice , although it causes the heart to beat , has caused so little alarm to the commercial interest , that the different parts of the globe will soon bring together here all the fruits of peace .
- "" Foreigners cannot but be struck with the remarkable spectacle of a country , which , counting on th « Divine protection , sustains with energy a war at 600 leagues from its frontiers , and -which develops -with equal ardour its internal riches- —a country-where war does not prevent agriculture and industry from prospering , nor the arts from flourishing , and where the genius of the nation shows itself in everything which can bring glory to France . " The principal act of the Chambers has foeen the business of the loan to which , the Emperor referred in his speech . A " . telegraph from Paris , of the 28 th , says :- — " The Legislative Body unanimously adopted the bill authorising the Minister of Finance to borrow a sum of 500 , o 6 o , OOOf .
"The whole assembly met in the evening at the Tuileries , to present the bill to the Emperor . " Although the speech of the Emperor contained nothing that was not generally anticipated , its warlike tone and the positive announcement of a new loan had a depressing effect , which continues , upon the Bourse .
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The accounts from the Crimea are still vague and unsatisfactory . However , it is very certain that great reinforcements are constantly arriving . A recent despatch announces the total nu mber of recent reinforcements to be 18 , 000 , and between the 13 th and 20 th December 8000 more men touched at Malta , Whatever engagements have taken place have been decidedly in favour of the Allies ; but the skirmishes have been trifling . On the Cth , on tho occasion of the anniversary [ fvte of tho Czar , the Russians attempted a sortie against the English
army . A warm engagement took place , in which 1100 Russians wore taken prisoners , and a small furt was taken . Two Russian steamers , which had come out of Sebastopol , endeavoured to surprise tho Megcre , anchored off the port of Kamiesch . They exchanged shots -with three allied steamers , which pursued them close under the guns of the butteries . Again , on the llth , the Russians attuckecl tho French outposts , and gained possession of three mortara , but wore repulsed with the loss of r > 0 men . Again , on the 12 th , ifc is suid the Russians lost 700
men in a sostie . The Turkish forces are displaying some activity . Accounts from Balaklava , of tlio 14 th , state that 5000 Turks had landed at Eupatoria ; and a despatch from Varna , of the 17 th , announces tho departure of a second G 000 for the Crimea . On tho llth Omar Pacha left Bucharest with 35 , 000 men . Tho point of landing has been quite unknown , and Prince Menschi * koif has been puzzled , fearing an enemy in an 1111 prepared pluce . Other accounts say that Monschikoff is ill , and thnt Osten-Sackerf hits assumed , tho chief command . It is also stated that tho Turkish forces to tho number of 30 , 000 , assisted by a division of tho Allies , will operate against l * orokop .
Letters from Vienna say that the guna taken from tho Russian vessels for tho xampartB have boon restored to tl » o Ucot , and that twonty-two vessel * arc ready for son . Tlio withdrawals of tho Itussiuna " to tho second lino of dofonce , " reported some time ago , would coincide with this report . Prince Monschlkon " , writing on the 20 th , says nothingliad tnkon place of consequence , but that thoir well-directed fli-o intowupte < SUh © works of the Allies 5
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1226 THE LEADER . [ Satubpay ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 30, 1854, page 1226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2071/page/2/
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