Lord William Ileteinck has rehlressed the following letter to Mr.
Bucking'', m on the subject of' the freedom of tl.e press in India : it is just what might leoe been expected from tbet ealightened and trely liberal statesman.
have many apoiNies to off..r for the negle,t it 11 wl.teh I Gar you must think rue justly chargeable, in having so Ion.: dela.. ed o..r lett..r of the 2ist
of July ; but the extreme weakness It I,j,'i I %as ii suffe;:i.,; in Lotelon, from re-
peollt,11 Ur tacks of i hells iu India, iocreased by the es.i:.,.ent and js.,p -bed iwerrup. t ion c:lesertent npun my arrival, rendered toe inc..pal•I, Air tran,acti.,g auy business whatever, rod also of answering any of my private lettei S. I iut, 111010.01C. 140 emu. muareatiou with Sir John Ilubhouse an IncLan affairs; acJ ha. single paper reLerred 'or my opiirion. I was unable to reply to, till my ordeal at Moselle., where, anit at this Omer-, 1 Um. met with I I.e first epportutlit lea of Ilisler Mal MOOS!. " To say reference reept•cting yourself, I should have twer, happy to have given any Information hi my power. At the same time, I do not know that iny testimuuy could, have been of the least service to you, beeause. although I arll nece,sarily aclitiainted
with the outline of your case, and a ith the parties emu...rued. yet. if yr I loot read, which I doubt, I certainly have forgotten the particular a riling.; and opinions which drew clown so severe a mai k of the displi abort, of the Government.
"My early determination was not to interfere a ith tio. prem.; and I had. therefore,. no occasion to compare the different degrees of freedom of discussion prevailing before Ana subsequent to my arrival. 'the boldness of language a hick I have heard tveribed to you did not probably eseeed that a Well has been assumed by the Caleidta jestrnals- in latter years ; but its novelty %mild piobably ataint all those, and ...yeti ill) the older functionaries, who consider the existence of a free toress ti) be incompatible whir the safety of our Indian empire. I ant happy to say that this appiehension has gra- dually given way to as general a comic-lion that free clisenssi.11, instead of producing any oilhose dreaded evils, has liven productive of great bettelit, awl has led to a very pereepl Ude implovement of our Admini.tration.
" oiler all assumption of the correctness of these supp,,it i,ms - in lay time, ..11.1.1.1 have teen a ith satisfaction the eireillathm of it joinnal eotichteted ii ilk the ability which has distinguished all your writings.
"I am, Sir, your obedient set van!, W. BENTI Neu."
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