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would result from the introduction into India 

 of the English system, which requires esti- 

 mates to be prepared by each department of 

 its expenditure during the ensuing year. 

 Sir Charles Trevelyan's views on the subject 

 have been fully concurred in by the Accountant- 

 General ; and the Commander-in-Chief is per- 

 suaded that the most favourable results may 

 be fairly looked for, in which the other mem- 

 bers of Government fully agree, and have re- 

 commended the submission of all the papers 

 on the subject of adopting the English system 

 of finance in India to the Military Finance 

 Commission for their consideration and report. 

 On the second reading of the India Bill, 

 in June, 1858, Mr Bright, in a most power- 

 ful and eloquent speech, observed that '' the 

 immense Empire that has been conquered 

 is too vast for management ; its base is in 

 decay, and during the last twelve months 

 it has appeared to be tottering to its fall." 

 Mr Bright has no experience of India, but 

 his speech, to my thinking, is fraught with 

 wisdom, as it is replete with noble and 

 generous sentiments. He would see our 

 Indian Empire drawn comparatively within a 



