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London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

NDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY l6, 1853.

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the real direction of the " gratitude of the people
of Scinde" for their Government.
Now, leaving Mr. CUMMING BRUCE alone in his
glory, let us notice another of the arguments re-
cently brought forward on this Indian question.
It was stated, I think, in opposition to Mr.
BRIGHT'S attack, that the annexation of the
Punjaub was apparently more costly than in
reality, for though it did not pay all its civil
expenses, it was hoped it would do so in time.
And as to the military expenses, they were only
the regular expenses of troops pushed forward to
an advanced form of a retired frontier ! This last
assertion is not true. The Army of the Punjaub
is a very great one, and eighteen regiments of
irregulars were raised and added to it. And
why is it so great? Because bad government
bears its natural consequence ; the troops are re-
quired to keep down the population and to resist
the bill tribes, excited to hostility by injustice.
But setting this aside, let us mark the treachery
with which this argument is put forward. The
plea of the troops being only pushed to an ad-
4vanced frontier was justly urged against
the false assertions so continually made as
to the expense of Scinde. " The costly annexation
of Scinde," as the Times calls it, knowing right
well that it is not so. For Scinde the troops
were not pushed forward, but for the impending
Punjaub war. For Scinde, new troops were not
raised, if exception be made of two weak Beelooch
battalions, organised as a political experiment.
And, finally, Scinde did not only pay all its civil
expenses, but yielded a large yearly overplus
to the general treasury ! Yet the same persons
who claim for the Punjaub on this false ground
exemption from the expenses of the military
establishment, deny that exemption to Scinde
where the claim is justly founded ! And let this
also be taken into consideration, that Sir C. Woon,
or some of the stye inmates, have triumphantly
claimed merit for the Company's system, because
it takes, in some parts, it is . not said in all, only
two-thirds of the produce by taxation. Sir C.
NAPart's Government took only one-third, and
yet furnished a surplus, while the Directors' Go-
vernment is deeply in debt.
Do not all these things show how necessary it
is to put an end to that anomalous and, of
necessity; rapacious and ignorant Government ?
But what can be expected from a Home of Com-
mons where no member of any side of the ques-
tion has taken the slightest notice of Sir
CHARLES NAPIER'S Government of Scinde, a
province containing a million of inhabitants ; a
Government which, if the contentment, and happi-
ness, and attachment of the people be a criterion,
was certainly the most successful ever known in
India. Is not that a matter worth notice and
investigation when discussing the propriety of a
new system ? And is it faction, low jealousy, or
ignorance which ties men's tongues ?
But while Sir C. NAPIER'S name and proceed-
ings are so carefully suppressed, there are more
persons than Mr. CUMMING BRUCE ready enough
to appropriate his plans for the credit of the
Directors or of themselves, and amongst those one
of the most assuming is the Vice-Chairman of the
Directors, Sir H. WILLOCK.
It will be in the recollection of many of our
readers that a commercial meeting was held at
Manchester a few months back, where a letter
from Sir HENRY WILLOCK to Mr. TURNER was
read, in which he says :—" The Court of Directors
have sedulously turned their attention to the im-
provement of British commerce with Central Asia,
and have been desirous that the attention of the
commercial world should be turned to the advanta-
geous position of Kurrachee."
It is not improbable that Mr. CUMMING BRUCE
drew his conclusions from this assumption of zeal
on the part of the Directors, and it will be suffi-
cient for us to refute the first, and expose the
false pretensions of the second by briefly stating
that the present views of the Court of Directors
were those of Sir CHARLES NAPIER and Lord
ELLENBOROUGH nine years ago ! That, the latter
ordered Sir CHARLES to prepare a Serai at
Sukkur (a central commercial point on the Indus)
for the reception of goods, and to establish annual
fairs ; that Sir CHARLES saw that Kurrachee must
eventually become the real mouth of the Indus, and
for this purpose had certain tide channels in the
Delta surveyed, by which an inland steam
communication between the river and that im-
portant seaport was established, alike secure from
all the hazards of a sea voyage and the annual
fluctuations of the river itself. That, having
modelled the government of the newly-conquered
country with his own hands, he proceeded to de-
velop its resources by disarming four of the war
steamers under his orders, which he placed at
the disposal of the merchants between Kur-
rachee and Sukkur ; and it may be added,
that so fast did goods pour in upon this new
line of transit, that the steamers were in-
sufficient for the demand I That, Sir CHARLES
projected, and partly accomplished the magni-
ficent project of erecting a pier 1,300 yards in
length over the mud flats in the harbour of Ku►rra-
chee, connecting the town (hitherto unapproach-
able to shipping) with Keemaree point, alongside
which vessels of large burthen can lie in safety ;
that he ordered a pier to be built for the con-
venience of the river steamers at Ghizree, the
river port of Kurrachee ; and, finally, that he
caused levels, plans, and estimates for turning
the Mulleeree river from its course, for the sup-
ply of sweet water to the shipping at those points,
as well as to the troops in cantonments.
These, and many more, were the efforts of Sir
CHARLES NAPIER to nourish a spirit of commerce
among a warlike, people, and to open a new line
to the enterprise of our merchants at home. But
how were his efforts met ? It was in 1844—and
the Charter had yet ten years to run. The Court
of Directors, therefore, had not THEN " sedulously
turned their attention to the improvement of Bri-
tish commerce in Central Asia;" on the contrary, they
had sedulously opposed it, and the malice of a few
individuals retarded for years the progress of civilisa-
tion in this important quarter. Lord ELLENBOROUGH
was recalled, and funds were withheld for the
building of a Serai at Sukkur. Fairs were not
allowed to be established. Sir CHARLES had not
left Scinde many weeks when the steamers were
withdrawn from the merchants by the Bombay
Government. The grand design of the late Go-
vernor in constructing the pier was. abandoned for
years, and commerce by the tide creeks was ob-
structed ; nor to this day have the shipping or
cantonments been supplied with sweet water,
though the estimates for this important work
amounted only to 12,0001. It is true that Mr.
FRERE, the present Commissioner, lips struggled
successfully to carry out the views of Scinde's first
and last Governor ; but then Messrs. REID, WIL-
LOUGHBY, and CRAUFURD no longer occupy seats
in the Council at Ttorrata

;1:13.1t.1 AN PLA VS, ST. JAMES'S TH.DATIIL. llcr qa,..
jcity, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon.
Miss Stanley, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Camoys,
Colonel Bouverie, and Colonel Seymour, honoured the
German Plays with her presence last evening. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, also
honoured the -performance with her presence. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and her
Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, at-
tended by the Baron Knesebeck, also honoured the thea
tre with their presence.
GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF INDIA.—The rumour
has been revived, and meets with credence in well-in
formed political circles, that the Duke of Newcastle will
be the successor of Lord Dalhousie, in the Governor-
Generalship of India. Lord Dalhousie's time is nearly
up, and it is understood that he is anxious to return to
this country.—Morning Advertiser.
ELOPEMENT.—A rumour is extensively prevalent of
the elopement of the young and beautiful wife of a
North Devon baronet with an officer of the 35th regi-
ment.—Trewinan's Plying Poet.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —OD Thursday last were
celebrated the nuptials of Sir James Drummond, Bart.,
of Hawthornden, North Britain, and Eleanor, the lovely
and accomplished daughter of Sir James and Lady Mary
Hamlyn Williams, of Clovelly Court, Devon, and Ed-
winsford, South Wales, The bride was attended to the
altar by a train of beauteous bridesmaids, and the re-
ligious ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev.
George Fortescue, uncle to the fair fiancée.
THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW.—A large quantity of
paper, manufactured from Manilla hemp, has just arrived
by a vessel from the United States, addressed to W. J.
bt eanr
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attached
ta be u
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Hooker, director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, and employedin-
tothe g
foradrsceinesntffic purposes in the Her-
and the Lords Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury have given the proper
authorities of the revenue directions for its free delivery
for that purpose.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and
attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Colonel Bouverie,
and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, visited
the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park yesterday
morning.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday
at Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn,
Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Sey-
mour, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester at her residence Gloucester-house, Piccadilly, yes-
terday.

The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn,
Ron. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord
Camoys, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant-Colonel F.
H. Seymour, honoured the performance of the German
plays with her preience last evening. Her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson and. Sir George Couper, also honoured
the performance with her presence.
Mr. J. Hillyard Cameron (from Canada) had an inter-
view with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Mr. Brett,
C.E., had also an interview with the noble Duke at the
Colonial-office.

Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governor of Gibraltar.
Dispatches were bent yesterday to the Governor-
General of Canada.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
MlNES.—There is still great stagnation in the mining
share market, and many speculative shares having been
forced for sale, the sellers have been obliged to submit
to very low prices to effect business. Most of the large
dealers are said to be full of stock, and amongst the
general public there is little disposition to embark in
any but dividend-paying concerns. Should the present
panic weed the market of some of the rubbish thrown
upon it of late, it will, in the end, render essential ser-
vice to the bona fide and legitimate undertakings, the
expenses of which have been greatly increased by the
demand for labour and materials, caused by the number
of new setts put to work.
In the metal market, copper, tin, and lead continue in
large demand, and prices firm, notwithstanding the lower
rates paid of late to the miner, which causes much com-
ment and dissatisfaction. The smelting companies have
the whole and sole control, and notwithstanding they
are deriving such vast profits, they give the miner a
price having no relative approximation to it, thus creat-
ing considerable discontent. Tin plates are full 6d. per
box better in price, and stocks reducing very fast.
Of Scotch pig-iron the same may be said, the ship-
ments of which are very large, at from 535. 6d. to
545. 6d., free on board. Rail iron is now 91. per ton for
immediate delivery, owing to a sudden demand for
America ; the makers have orders on hand that will
take more than 12 months to complete. In bar iron .a
reduction in price has been most unexpectedly an-
nounced, without any just or apparent reason for it,
which time only can explain.
In the Bullion market, Mexican and South American
dollars 4s. 11id. per oz. Bar silver without gold,
ss. 14d. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz.
standard.

A company has been formed at Genoa for the working
of 25 mines in the island of Sardinia, several of which
contained lead and silver. Counts Litta and Boromeo
and General Albert della Marmora, who lately visited
those mines are at the head of the understanding.
The gold mining share market has this week been
characterised by a very decided feeling of depression.
The demand on the part of the public is almost quite
suspended. The accounts of the several companies
come slowly to hand. Private advices are not generally
encouraging ; and the dealers are well supplied with
shares. The consequence of this state of things is, that
prices are now lower than they were last week. The
arrivals of gold from Australia this week have been the
General Hewitt, 30,000 ozs. ; the Stebonheath, 46,000
ozs.; and the Syria, 6,800 ozs.