The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-17 00:00:00

friendly visit, and has nothing to ask. Such at
least is the statement of the ambassadors them-
selves ; but when they can obtain the ear of the
Governor-General they will probably have some
request or other to prefer. Lord Dalhousie's vice-
royalty seems likely to have an auspicious termi-
nation, for besides having the envoy of the haughty
Burman monarch at his feet, the Ameer of Cabal
is suing for British friendship, and the Khau of
Kokan soliciting drill instructors to train his
soldiers, and improve his means of resisting foreign
aggression.
The internal state of the country is most satisfac-
tory, and much of this is due to Lord Dalhousie.
The Governor-General is making much of the
Burmese ambassadors, who are a mean-looking set
of fellows, with Malay countenances and emaciated
bodies, evidently opium-eaten or smokers.

BRITISH FRIENDSHIP SOUGHT BY THE
AMEER OF CABOOL.
(From the Bengal Hurlcaru.)
We have no doubt that the following announcement
will be received—particularly by those interested in our
frontier defences—with sincere satisfaction. For some
months back the Ranee of Dost Mahommed Khan has
been repeatedly appearing in the columns of the papers,
and more especially the up-country papers. The doubt-
ful state of affairs in Persia, the rumours regarding the
Russians at Khiva, and the untrustworthy conduct of
some of his neighbouring chieftians, have for a length of
time, as it has been reported, been causes of great un-
easiness to the Dost, and his attention has been seriously
directed to the formation of an alliance with the
English. •
We are glad to have it in our power to announce
that these rumours, though some of them incorrect,
are nevertheless based on truth. The Post has ad-
dressed a very humble, contrite, and different epistle to the
Governor-General, begging that bygones may be by-
gones, that the records of the past may be wiped from
the Foreign-office, and that he may be restored to friend.
ship and alliance with the British power. This is the
first necessary step towards the completion of a treaty
with us, to which it is to be hoped the reception of this
epistle will lead. While the Dost entreats that we will
forget the disagreeable associations that are connected
with his name, we fear he asks more than the present
generation can grant, or at least a large portion of it.
There are many among us who have terrible, and, while
life lasts, abiding reason to remember the tragic circum-
stances with which his son's name is associated with re-
ference to the British power. It would be a mercy if
we could forget things past, and if we could erase from
our history the bloody pages that tell of the sacrifice
of our countrymen consequent upon the adoption of
that disastrous policy into which Lord Auckland
was betrayed. But these things may not be. There
are not a few amongst us who will be ready to ex-
claim—this man never should have been our enemy ;
and that it is our own fault, and mot his, that he ever
became so. We cannot here enter upon a review of the
facts connected with his history ; nor is it necessary, for
they are household words in India, and patent to the
present generation. When we say that we hope the
Government of India will cordially embrace the oppor-
tanity for alliance now opened to it, we by no means
wish it to be understood that there is any cause for
anxiety from the direction of the Dost's dominions, nor
do wo even remotely dread the ambition of Russia. We
own our feeling is, that we shall be glad to see a cordial
understanding with this man as a friend to our Go-
vernment, because we consider he never ought to have
been its enemy ; and because, in our opinion, he never
would have been but for the conduct of those who-
drove him into open enmity. He may have injured
us, and he may have had recourse to measures from
which we have severely suffered ; but we are bound, in
justice, to add, that this arose chiefly, not from'his de-
siring to injure us, but from our marvellous resolution
to injure ourselves and make him our enemy. However,
time and the present uncertainty of events in the East
have brought to pass a day when the Dost can no longer
afford to treat us as he had done, and when our support,
even though it be merely moral, is necessary to him.
We hope it will be given generously, and that it will
prove the daring foe may become the most cordial friend.
We can hardly doubt that the Governor-General will
embrace the opportunity, while humbling the pride of
our old and thorough enemy, to convert him into an
equally thorough friend. The Dost must sit on the
stool of repentance, and do humble penance for his
transgressions ; but we hope he will not sit there long,
and when he does rise from it, prove a trusty ally of the
British power.