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relations of the Indian Government, and the proud 

 character of the races with which it has to deal, are 

 sufficient to indicate the necessity, from a political 

 point of view, of not sinking the identity of the 

 Sovereign in that of her Viceroy ; while the con- 

 stitution of the Indian Government, and the very 

 great difficulty of some of the great questions of 

 internal policy liable to arise, is an equally strong 

 argument against permitting them to be decided, 

 unless first carefully examined and considered by 

 some of the wisests heads in England, as well as 

 India. 



Without any disparagement of the Indian services, 

 which have contained among their ranks some of 

 the most able statesman of modern times, it must 

 be obvious that the training they receive, is not 

 calculated to fit them for dealing, finally, with 

 questions of imperial policy, requiring special know- 

 ledge. Able politicians and administrators, both 

 Military and Civil, may be as plentiful in India as 

 blackberries are in England ; but if we look amongst 

 the ranks of Her Majesty's Indian services for 

 an Economist, a Financier, a Jurist, an Educationist, 

 we look in vain. Much may be done to repair 

 this deficiency, as has been satisfactorily demons- 

 trated in Finance, by importations from England ; 

 and as the Government of India gains fresh 

 strength, the reins of control may be gradually- 

 relaxed, possibly with much benefit to the country j 



