Sir C. Wood is not behaving quite well in this
matter of Indian grievances. He is either under the impression that he cannot remedy the evils complained of, in which case he should say so, or is determined to go his own way without control from Parlia- ment. At all events it appears from the debate in the House of Lords on Monday that he does not mean to obey the resolu- tion of the House of Commons, and redress the grievances, but to inquire into them again. This is worse for the Indians than a refusal, for it keeps alive an uncertainty which is ; destroying the spirit of the Indian Line. It would be far better I to take an opinion, say Lord Cranworth's, as, to, the actual pecu- niary loss which each officer has sustained, acknowledge that the case is hopeless, and offer the sufferers the amount, awarded. As the case steeds, he is paying about 800Y officers who neither will nor cammake their men efficient.
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