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

RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA
GARTER AC I.
The Overland Mail brings but meaere accounts of the
warlike op:ratioes, either on the eastern or western
frontiers. we are thankful for this, inasmuch as it
leaves us at liberty to turn our attention to a less noisy
but more imi.ortant event in the interior of British
A mevement has been initiated by a number of
native gentlemen of the city of Poonah with reference to
the renewal of the Charter Act of the East India Corn-
Puny and to the Parliamentary inquest on the govern-
ment,, of India since 1834, which possesses. both from
Lae Place of its origin and the character of
'hose engaged iu it, greater ireerest than usually
attaches to expressions of native opinion, undervalued
though they be in this country. This movement is
I°t, however, the only one of the kind in India.
Native societies with similar objects had previously
been orgeeseeed in Calcutta and Madras. But these ca-
pitals are both su essentially- European in tone and feel.
ll:1g, and have so long enjoyed the benefits of English
law and rights, that it is not from them we can expect to
gain the truest reflection of what is uppermost in the
minds Of the classes which formerly constituted the elite
of Hindoo society in native status and under independent
Governments.
In Peotseh it is otherwise. There Mahratta great-
atiOaci!y, and independence longest survived.
esrcira the time that the Peishwas became the real
3,l!otters of the Sattarah state Poonah was their capital.
Under them it enjoyed great prosperity; at their
court was employed a large number of native gentle-
men; thither resorted, to spend their incomes and to
indulge their ambition, what may be called the terri-
torial aristocracy of the country; their expenditure pro-
moted native art, luxury, and manufactures; iu the ser-
viceee„of the Peishwa the rising talent of the state found
ta—Ptltion; and the people bad all the national advan-
Tea (an tey are man of a searate Goernment.
(iownfd alh ot Bajoe Ryow) , the last Peiehwa,v occurred
o°lo three-and-thirty years ago only. A considerable
tart of the population of Poonah must, therefore, still
the
a strong recollection of native rule; and it was but
Mahratta
other day that they witnessed the extinction of the
been state, which, after the battle of Ashte, had
created as a propitiation to the manes of the great
launder of the power which gave us so much trouble
of India' The traditions of native government and
the"ti'e society under it, still survive at Poonah; tied
re the theeducatedpart
ben„ vetlts anti the losses which our Government has
greater upon them, and are in a position to tell us with
whater authority than the people of Calcutta or Madras
it is they really have to complain of:
4 view to
80, they have formed a society which, with
opuf " to include a large force of native public
ets l°ll, they have called the Deccan Association.
ifaoueders are principally., Mahratta Sirdars, that
wow eded proprietors of rank, who in a native state
d have constituted the pith of the country, and
enYttheir power and influence have exercised a controlling
g airitY over the conduct of the Court. They are
te emelt of education and intelligence, sufficiently well
ciescrinted with the present position of the East Indian
pc) 44112, anxious to avail themselves of the existing op.
tu;:inittYto call the attention of the Imperial Legisla-
,o the general wants of India, not in any spirit of
Prßsere • British supremacy, but with a view to the
pro,. 4W:in of their own class, and to the general. ha-
t° ~,'thent of the country; and desirous, above all things,
solegoveY their opinions and wishes directly and per-
tay 6 oua by competent native testimony to the radiomen.
1:11 tnittees to be renewed next session.
es Proceedines of the Association are now before
Props they display an amount of order, intelligence,
to th;:etYs Careful deliberation, and clearness; quite equal
At tii6e °f any English society having similar objects.
title efir„firat meeting they directed a Mahratta transla-
eoleslne Charter Act to be prepared; having duly
list ea it at their prolonged meetings, they drew up
at tw d6l grievances and wants; this they deliberated on
adepteP,her meetings; and having finally settled and
Dress m' it, resolved to send a mission to England to be
the e; nt the ensuing charter discussions. To defray-
tihire(TPeuses of this mission a fund of 10,0001. is re-
pay be and prominently in the list of the subscribers
the la i,foUnd contributing the chief surviving Sirdars of
eishwaite Durbar.
tad 1, have elsewhere given this list of the grievances
!rat r„it,4 Of the Deccan Association. The Association
.4kity aims at acquiring for the Deccan greater
eearite `ts laud tenures, or, in other words, better se.
tttles4 °l' Property • at the preservation of the ranks,
the an distinction's of society as now existing; and of
lioiftetard:ting heirs, shaken by the policy Lord
-oi3Le Pursued on the death of Appa Sahib, the late
Nett The truth is that our land revenue
alovie„,B ;Ilk India are, to use a Yankeeism, gradually un-
Itnd a",re native aristocracy off the face of the earth;
gliistieri'uo Prospect of their families being thus extin-
oth'iat th—eutti_Blthra_tta proprietors.. are alarmed. They
-ttatter ask the Imperial Legislature, in renewing the
13 4kat, to give th m protection.
;Lb: Preservation of the gentry of India, use-
on r It part is necessary. -This the Association
'or eels, and therefore their second requirement
, wah:tteir ethhaere in the highest offices of Government.
tflia4e 'lB " associated Sirdars say, "education;
-erviea, educational tests you please to Government
ti°hsthieg rtillusCti, let us and our children have no obstrue-
yl the service of our country." And n°-
1,411404 `€' more reasonable. At present the Go-
t,eli of ;31 India does little or nothing in the
ogreta e,ceee:Ltleating its subjects; and then it denies
zootthd, abet to , y an-
but subordinate posts, on the
il6tleqUenes it,uey are unfit for high office. And the
ote-O, it is Bs that European :agency being thus re-
st et goye Paid for at enormous rates; and that the
katt it 113,4'1'13g India is excessive when compared with
oen"dt° edt: he, did it educate and employ the natives.
1C:414 tll- ;n° and employ the gentry of India is to
in e the to extinction in their own country.
the'eurity of landed property and the open-
re
add -navenues of Government, the Poonah
itt ip
st
IlLftßliree for the better administration of
Sir-
ere abar -
Of ng th_ 'Axing the taaxdo_n legal forms, and in-
of the development
of
_the e,ruirildicial staff,
by the Construction
eo.l.lSefet :u. Fes ee the coundtr
tate. PUblic works, requests in which there is
eit„l4°- te6,euhreasonable or revolutionary. They refer
batt ,'" annual drain on the bullion of India by the
inmateLaea home, and urge that steps be taken to ter.
'estitee 1g is impoverishment of the country. And such
eh a not difficult. All that is necessary to atop
4%47 drain is to increase the exports of native produc-
toes and that could easily be done by a wise and gene-
lehist?eeernment lightening the heavy burdens on land
teeis hew increase the cost of cultivation, and so place
latuks4t a serious disadvantage in the sugar and coffee
eetton'S and prevent the growth and export of raw
It is
,
‘14(1 however, to the details of these grievances
tert,44-nla.,t4 (important as they are) that the highest im-
eated.' 01 this remarkable movement is to be attri-
Nee ut rather to the spirit and courage of the
4,tOrdstievge.ntlemen who have originated it. For it
take _ utence that already there are men in India fit
.kieszilitno active share in the government, eager and
thnleiheely ind° so, who know their rights, and will not
•i.egtsl" thorn. Such an appeal to the wisdom of
estaieje,s ature to whom the care of Queen Victoria's
es „ and subjects is entrusted as an imperial whole,
ketlt fe 'eeelve a hearty welcome and every encourage-
tigittedc:l4l all who know the real value of India to
---Morning PaPer•

TO the TILE SHRLEVALTY.
-qmad - great surprise of the City aue;lilaoertiticeelmMere.
he.ii,
filer, who was elected sheriff at th
Itille14„,1,1 who was known to have come
was backed to
a raatbk.l as a candidate for the office, forward most
tol3,
8. 3, the lour, ahoro men at the acnidecion,ffilicea!
but
7'4%4 I!4eti his'intention not to serve the o
r,itat•CrlilallePraihd the 6001. penalty. The excuse
the friends who proposed
-
tetchtlia-pr. itihtteerthtcliotine
sio„t:3l,,the liverays is, utonderstand, that the largo bais
which
itO which hobeloecig
the 2 ,atheett ~ h consequence eriveau.tieresta%e
Sthweildl
rea-
d; gecliao „,netilth, which has been for some time o
Ilea% to • -uho dirty fellows who prowl about in
kan t 0 Put tlseir hands in the pockets of any gentle-
%llvii'h° Weretavay b =net up in the hall, in opposition
eatertar e'l,t,ela37 sneaking in the neighbourhood,t_ehi.
ter-aBe4 ea° 411 '''etet ho f advantage from h
-tohis
-eir bas t- and eou hopes o
wilt b 9 avoemioo t!..tript thrown
tit 0 saran:loo A.• It is expected that a common bail
a Prob b•i- e'-i la the course of
h , t a I ity i.the week, and t
by the press upon
.
°face serve, to L • h Alderman Carter, the
)15
- *() that Alderman Wire tk. of hheric,_,,,
..getuer with for
sheriff of Middlesex
have
will be called
144%18141,g ‘l,ou.,l_London and
of
~,4 lee %hushedprofessional charges cc! .
h 1, di . . changes in
tlehtl43' 40,4 4r,' As the. fees under-sheriffhei.
making
that vin,4 alrhost , one great element
d and it is
Pit 50tou, Completely dissolve ,
to destroy every
in sheriff
bOf tii inessures will be adopted
' sYstern. . believed

_ c_-,-,„-__.—_,____-- • I'oB4 trutTLl-EASTERN RAILWAY.
end effic receipts for passengers
452g°0(1t, Week ending 1
Ditt Aug.•
..: £18,887 11 6
"11g1153 18fi ...
20,084 10 5
••• •••
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01..,ti0n 1,13 e eclrease in 1852 ... ... £1,196 18 11
the ,t4'014, rulirlirs. August 23, 1852.
"eek n,,,ANo SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffic for
fingers
41-ug. 21, 1852 :---
'gert k 27 036) oods and
(I_l/4rcel la ' g .
uh._,..orrn.. , horses and carriages.. £4,099 14 91 '.tßew, 'Pending week in last year 4,923 9
4tuguat 21.
%liiQt, _ •••••..............____________
N,4.,5t.nr;t„11.. ApCIDENT IN TUE WATERLOO-ROAD.—
%,;;Jitentej..erlelderable excitement was caused among the
140 of the Wellington-terrace, Waterloo-road, in conse-
Wkt one w. IT folloing alarming occurrence pe
te derloosb ; ,avers cabs No. '2,161, was dingprocee over
thoh4„ttkr,r'''g'e towardAhe South-Western Railway, when,
eve„ "e liroli't the hill from the bridge, the bit in the horse's
tete',.the aniepsylti, d the driver in consequence lost all control
IlliaZttil i''",el, which galloped down
.the road at a frightful
I'4o het, gained the front of Mr. Matthaewdenseparrle-
httio.et,
ev. it a
t -rev/ the cab upon the pavement,.
on then footy-
111.e t The beral Children who were playing
lobnegiotralageinpgavteo-
-1 Ir. 'Rath,, it
qt 4' it continued its fearful coursa
qem "OA, a ached the front of the premises
belit tlar,n
i. grocer. The affrighted animal
.then darted its
h caused the
tlenl heft tukthe glass of the shop front,
Abp an, whoa°ureak. The vehicle contained an eldetrlyoigtehne-
iend, hadthat instant was about getting out lie ;,he,,,ebeen
filledn for the shaft breaking, no doubt he
14.mitid in en The horse sheered round, and with
oth:teitite% entered the window, and commenced plunging
i.,,.. zr inl,,,'.rtanner. Mr Gre he
the clothier, and.tevci
I;'.'' tha ',!ottent9 , •
it 40 oriv,r -, oastened to t6heys'pot to render assistance,
tele k and L." the cab by that time had been thrown from flili
.thia hor.'_'l3 head laid open. They were unable to ext 1
4,43' A brl,itie, which continued to kick and fear-
plunge .__
114 P, the ,wer't dray having come in front of the pre-
ft 1 klie
kltinclo tit to the animals
!or lowering the butts of beer were
'iota ti', to
neck, and it was drawn out of the
.4fiti, -rightfully cut extent
of mise le. occurre • m
To *as f • lie I.4rthor 'h* f d The
okay
TfB4
c9%.daenrdid)tite darnag
1 Dr
e done to r.