The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA
CHARTER ACT.
The Overland Mail brings but meagre accounts of the
warlike operatiens, either on the eastern or western
fronteerte We ere tharlful for this, inasmuch as it
leaves us at liberty to turn our attention to a hos noisy
shut more teapots ant event in the interior of British
ledja. A movement has been initiated by a number of
the geetlemen of she city of Poonah with reference to
renewal of the Charter Act of the East India Coin-
EleY and to the Parliamentary inquest on the govern-
-I°, eut of Lelia since 1834, which possesses, both from
;ins place of its origin and the character of
sees
engaged in it, greater interest than usually
titt4cues to expressions of n dive n, undervalued
then e
"`" they be in this country. This movement is
Native
however, the oily one of the kind in India.
t•_‘4. five societies with similar objects had previoudy
Disorganised in Calcutta and Madras. But these ca-
-14141' are both so essentially European in tone and feel-
t't° and have so long enjoyed the benefits of English
law and rights, that it is not from them wo can expect to
4111 the truest reflection of what is uppermost in the
minds of the classes which formerly constituted the elite
of llindoo society in native states and under independeut '
Governments.
Its Pooseeh it is otherwi:e. There Mahratta great-
audacity, and independence longest survived.
r°lll the time that the Peishwas became the real
masters of the Sattarah state Poonah was their capital.
Under them it en;oved great pros,perity; at their
esurt „:„_
less,. es employed a large number of native gentle-
s , thither resorted, to spend their incomes and toi
''elge their ambition what may be called the terr -
°roil aristocracy of the' country; their expenditure pro-
ise°,,tedi.hative art, luxury, and manufactures; in the ser-
oesc't ths Peishwa the rising talent of she state found
ta °t" and the people had all the national advan-
Ttrs (and they are an et a searate Goerent.
downfal of Neem Row, the last Peishwa,v ocncumrred
p-,° three-and-thirty years ago only. A considerable
of the population of Poonah must, therefore, still
tC° a strong recollection of native rule; and it was but
m other day that they witnessed the extinction of the
den
Slate
which, after the battle of Ashte, had
"`eh ere., • • • the manes of the great
sound -.Le as a propitiation to
h trouble
in esr, 01 the power which gave us 610 d
Of ,u",`ll. The traditions of native government an
-at're society under it, still survive at Poonah; and
theerhsethe educated part of its population can compare
linsuphrwfis and the losses which our Government has
great -Pon them, and are in a position to tell us with
sehater authosity than the people of Calcutta or Madras
aTO iHt they really have to complain of'.
-° s°, they have formed a society which, with
opinliew to include a largo force of native public
Its f°,°, they have called the Deccan Association.
is, la'lls'ders are principally Mahratta Sirdars, that
ed proprietors of rank, who in a native state
by thei.Lave constituted the pith of the country, and
atith„,' Power and influence have exercised a controlling,
ni"tY over the conduct of the Court. lhey are
ace - of education and intelligence, sufficiently w ell
I'o4 quainto ion of the East Indian
Ten,' with rho present posit
I'o4 Ten,' anxious to avail themselves of the existing. op-
tareti-Y to call the attention of the Imperial Legisla-
hostil.o the general wants of India, not in any spirit of
Pr et,,!ts' to British supremacy, but with a view to.t e
'-ssves•
pro at ion of their own class, and to the general .
eo,l4ent of the country; and desirous, above all things,
!oesii'vleY their opinions and wishes directly and per-
,
trY LI
Competent native testimony to the Parliamen-
TL essmittess to be renewed next session.
tins a Proceedings of the Association are now before
AroprietheY display an amount of order, intelligence,
to tii-e'etY, careful deliberation, and clearness, quite equal
teos onf any English society having similar objects.
"04 of first meeting they directed a Mahratta transla-
°onstd„ e Charter Act to be prepared; having duly
a list c;:ed it at their prolonged meetings, they drew up
at two ' grievances and wants; this they deliberated on
kleptedt.her meetings; and having finally settled and
Dres It, resolved to scud a mission to England to be
than tit at the ensuing charter discussions. To defray
tleis:sPeuses of this mission a fund of 10,000/. is re-
-144Y b' sod Prominently in the list of the subscribers
the hi u found contributiv,- the chief surviving Sirdars of
©
Peislmaite Duilea'r.
and have el,- h • • this list of the grievances
c Ivan, ~W ere given
fixity
,1,8 01 the Deccan Association. The Association
mxity°-;': same acquiring for the Deccan greater
tiSritylf-et's land tenures, or, in other words, better
kse-
e—_,r Property; at the preservation of the rand
the r!,ll.`' UiStilletieUS of society
.heirs,
1)4411" " adopting shakiesnnobwy etxhiestpilaoglic;ya....nr.ord
Raja sFu sties. on the death of Aspa Sahib, the late
It'atezi 4tthra. The truth is that our land, revenue
I:tsviess Ihdia are, to use a Yankeeism, gradually im-
"Stt st'it,,ute native aristocracy off the face of the earth;
eished“,,,e Prospsct of their families being thus extin-
is"tat the tlahratta proprietors are alarmed.. They
the
saart4-ett'k the Imperial Legislature, in renewing
, but, s"et, to give them protection.
itiles "or th
„ preservation of the gentr of India? use-
Pcian-„"'„ Laeir part is necessary. This the Association
-',l,or°--fteels, and therefore their second requirement
4 dive 4111 share in the highest offices of Government.
aft, us," the associated Sirdars say, " education;
ae what
-tvie cieunational tests you please to Government
tions el thento •
let us and our children have no obstrue-
yiL rt'e in the service - of our country." And no-
e
Italeet Inure reasonable. At present the Go-
i's4Y ef °f India door little or nothing in the
;"elia eedUeatieg its subjects; and then it denies
''r°l-tesl(2;-ssb to any hat subordinate posts, on the
t3t4see."4t they uufit for high office. `thus the
qt.liretnee is, that E eau vency being re
cost is Paid fEuropean
vh..o! governs or,. rates;, and that the
Nostttit esdght tsge Lola excessivnedwehmenp_coyomparod with
the natives.
toed,' sdeevs° , did it educate a
Tjean the'''. and employ the gentry of India is to
in the in to extinction in their own country.
g of 1.14, 4'euri
(10, ty of landed property and the open-
add 4venes of Government, tha P. oona.h Sir.
• snee teen_
by „eu'!A.tes for the
%better administration of
of
_e.ist
Lh: lishiug the
and for the development
ta on legal forms, and in-
of Che seso"uJitulicial staff,
the country by the construction
el thing bUbifeeB wofo. requests which there is
tdse tltlg hut a el revolutionary. They refer
t •° th ,e, -813na—e or the b n India by the
aehual drain on u o
•'• 4the home,and urge that steps be taken to ter-
; 4impoverishment of the country. And such
drain
hot difficult. All that is necessary to stop
sm°Ss, "rain is to increase the exports of native produc-
41i 4tteki that could ea•ely be done by a wise and gene-
;hies u'rernment lightening the heavy burdens on land
ndiatlevs increase the cost of cultivation, and so place
tscgtrinsntlt a serious disadvantage in tho sugar and coffee
`"tteh-', and prevent the growth and export of raw
It eand '
however, to the details of these grievances
I.ll3rtg‘h...ellt4 (important as they are) that the highest ine-
-14tee,""31 this remarkable movement is to be attri-
(tehah But rather to the spirit and courage of the
tffJtds eiitlernen who have originated it. For it
:„t4lt9 idence that already there are men in India fit
I;ttos astive share in the government, eager and
illini to do so, who know their rights, and will not
° "es° them. Such Pin appeal to the wisdom of
sli,(,)Slihitisattite to whom the care of Queen Victoria's
teZt teisealid subjects is entrusted as an imperial whole,
Iron, Se,'" a hear welcome and every encourage-
-11 who know the real value of India to
rnzny Paper.

OTo th THE SLIME V ALTE
eattrld e Zr%t surprise of the City authorities,eom reMorn.
-411, al''' who was elected sheriff at the last common
most
tealltilll v, ho
was known to have come forward 41ar,1' 43 a candidate for the office, and wasi backed ()all -s-. by at
lone L
suotio men at the elect.on,
office,
h but
Ifirl4 .I'Frli;tl his'irit tiou not to servo he
which
aksednotot
11•4erhQtt4„cici, Paid th'ee6nool. penalty. . The excuse
._
pipe t° to th 1!
has Mad,' to the friends who proposed
p,ll:ll;siof—th%'l7ool:437o, is e understand, that the large. bu-
t hiaa; ahtt,,ntion to require his
which he belongs will re.
,in consequence of the delicate
time
on
dthil tle4t:ts'a health, which has been for some
-ill"' tOll . Put •-I:he dirt fellows who prowl aboutin
gentle-
end 4141'1 h ~,, thQir hands in the pockets of st•n_
.I‘'iM, we°—a/ he set Do in the hall, in oppositiyongteohl?
kid enter- he
11-11,k• c.,• in the neighbourhood,_n
,re4sedinto
en", 4t.""-e-Ir laBn-ne,,-d ofin'advanta
their 6: -.. Etud nn t '''
n by the press
)vip *-e aroe ,• C-.Ptiapt throw advantage from the to;
th,6 suninone,, . is
and that
cf the week,
' 11(3
'44°n It • expected that a common hall
lOrobabilit,, .• in the course
(AV;:l to spr:,, 'S that Alderme.n
Alderman
Carter, t
the °f
of sheria"Vogether with
sheriff
Wire will be called
ttcterlbsoitt "3
eatrLondon andfe,,e
of under-sheriff of forMiddlesexxhave
•
411Z4,1111‘driZts. ehaulfesstihne protessional chargcamakintg
tli,,to ,11, i_ted, one
I eved
a it is he i r
104.,r_._ -'`iL completely disso v (,I
great elementle einn
.shari.tl
.& oftcus measures will ho adopttd to destroy evc y
e }later%

Grose - ---------------- -
1/TPI-EASTERN RAILWAY.
fto tracn
•
killreceipts for passengers
•62geede, week ending Aug. 2.1, •
£lB 887 11 6
IJitto A
' ctegust23, 185.1 •::: -- 20,084 10 5
tohd becre • 1852 • -----7.
.1. 04 .1, . ase in
.. •• t'll esciohunus. August 23. 1852„.
wAy.....41.0,f1ic for
il 15,.., Alib St
~,,,, , SOUTH-WESTERN it . £1,196 18 I
fingers'44 Aug. 21, 1852 :-
07,036), goo agesd
A-, (I„Pareels, horses and carr. £4,099 14 9,
x,il._ -,..rrea„,„,,,.
iisßow ~,,oing week in last year 4,923 9 1
, August 21.
i) %114ut ..........,......___....-..
00.
ROAD.-
4144444 kit ACCIDENT IN TAE WATERL 11, ditahseY considerable excitement was caused among thee.
kts,74tt:rlolatii°ef NfVoleiLingtonrace, Waterloo-road, in cons
alarming occurrence :It appears
°ll4-.tettOoo.fPavers clanbgs,No. 2 161, was proceeding over
tf...%cehaf";,,ge towards the South-Western, ,;_llli broke' the hill from the bridge,
the b Railway,i n the
4114,41U' itini:l, which galloped down
Mr. Matthews's pre-
IliCovhen • 4d gained the front
on the toot-
h.. over _ it drew the cab upon the pavement, and nearly
ZEli, ~?everal children who were playing iPtlt 114`.n.11erse continued its fearful cotirsealobnegletuhgeinpgavtee-
iik:••totlx`ll, it res.ched the front of the premises
itchb
titZtl throng,'', grocer. The affrighted animal tie!
rtit. glass of the.shop frtounu,e e n darted
itse
c4Cian, wbnu b_realE., The vehicle contained
etting out of the
Ihie
Itot'ii!tio, 4'4 t', that instant was about
an elderly gtene-
no doubt llls I,` have bee " net been for the shaft breaking,
14 14a 1,,_
an killed. The horse sheered round, and with.
114,4 torri,;g entered the window, and commenced plungleg.
elltr ir,,,u;
.Inanner. Mr. Gregory, the clothier,
assistance,
1". the•-•.uitants, hastened to the spot to render
wn from
hi 40,turiver of the cab by that time had been thro
_...i..
44 Mg his headl 'd The unable to exir
fully the horsal open. ey were andess several
fear-
r4 A larelv,lnch continued to kick and plunge
k., N the
Pulley dray having. come in front
beer were
1,,i4.:4 f4st t.,s used for lowering the butts of
out of the
b01_1101%,,
allodtlaoe apiraal a neck, and it. was drawn d
The
Tcre Was frightful) n Turther extent of misehief occurre • „Ir.
14, y cut, and the damage done to D
of the pre-
WrOperty w 4.1 •
w-Iliuderabe.