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The Calcutta Reviewopens with a trio of linked essays on empire that survey literature, constitutional history, and governance in British India. The first essay offers a defense of Thackeray’s realism and moral ambiguity, arguing that his portraits of imperfect heroes and complex social settings—Esmond, Pendennis, the Newcomes, Vanity Fair—reclaim readers’ moral attention rather than merely entertain, and contrasting Thackeray with Dickens and Hogarth to emphasize human sympathy and ethical insight. The second essay traces the Privy Council’s long constitutional arc from medieval times, detailing its powers, jurisdictional conflicts with Parliament and the common law, the rise and abolition of the Star Chamber, and the eventual separation of cabinet from the Council, with Parliament preserving ultimate sovereignty. The third piece critiques the 1861 North-West India police reform, warning against excessive centralization, proposing stronger local oversight, better supervision, pay security for officials, and the introduction of detectives under safeguards. The Local Summaries extend these themes to Punjab governance, the Straits Settlements, education, and Mill’s representative-government ideas, all advocating gradual, rights-based reform and the vital role of education in political vitality.
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The Calcutta Review: Volume 37
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