The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

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LONDON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1847.

Notwithstanding the impressions which were until
very recently prevalent that Lord HARDINGE in-
tended to associate, by a final act of negotiation, the
seizure of the territories of the NIZAM and those of
the King of OUDE, with his memorable and trium-
phant administration, it appears that such a move-
ment is by no means anticipated in Ilindostan. Ac-
cording to the extraordinary express received in anti-
cipation of the overland mail from Calcutta, such enor-
mous efforts at spoliation—advantageous as they
would prove to the cause of Asiatic civilization, and
calculated as they would unquestionably be to in-
crease the happiness of the Oriental multitude—are
anything but probable ; although the Governor-
General is preparing to effect such changes in the
Governments of Oude and the NIZAM as would
inevitably tend to enhanc3 the influence of the Com-
pany, and to ameliorate the conditicn of their
miserable and degraded neighbours. A change of
this character is shown to be most requisite in both
directions by the involvements of the Exchequer of
the one potentate, and the impoverished and deso-
late condition of the subjects of the other. From
the possessions of the NIZAM, the only important in-
formation which has arrived is a repetition of the
old story as to the embarrassments of the Deccan,
together with an account of the tendered resignation
of the principal Minister, and the inhuman
and almost incredible atrocities perpetrated by
the brother of the SOVEREIGN. While this
infuriated Prince is described to be walling up the
live body of his mistress in solid masonry, and gloat-
ing over the spectacle of her death-struggles through
perforations in the sides of her dungeon, the state is
depicted as still encompassed with a serious and
nearly insurmountable accumulation of pecuniary
difficulties.
With the intention of diminishing the miseries by
which the population of Oude have been long op-
pressed, Lord HARDINGE was proceeding to Lucknow
for the purpose of having an interview with his
Majesty the reigning Monarch, returning to Cal-
cutta by Cawnpore and Allahabad. Whatever
may be the consequence of this remarkable
interview, whether it may end in the transference
of the supreme
ment, or onl • lead authority to the supreme Govern-
as that which was
) to
effected at the commencement ofb
j
1846 in the Pans ,it is certain that the interpo-
sition of the Viceroy,
owneruy, lips
the reiteration of remon-
strances from
his
and from those of the
British Resident, must produce
a
dmost beneficial mo-
dification in the policy hitherto
indo-
lent and unconscientious Sovazzted by the
can no longer be ground into the dust by His people
by the cruelty
of his eunuchs and favourites, or by the dastardly
caprice of his armed emissaries.
Soma fo
rtunate
and they
alteration is inevitable ; the only question is uansto
the manner in which it may be negotiated,
instruments which may be selected for its execution.
Farewell banquets to his Excellency the Governor
General appear to be the vogue in those portions of
Hindostan through which he was carried by circum-
stances. Upon these occasions, the language employed
by Lord HARDINGE, in taking a retrospective survey
111/ of his administration, was naturally enough the lan-
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' 'SP 1 nag? of confidence and satisfaction. Throughout the
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k ...i/i - , ,of 'fish India, our arms have been successful, and
*-r.ipi 4 , . ' 4-:. QV .plomacy generous, conscientious, and advan-
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At -ii-v-_sts:. ng. Beyond this, it must be remembered that
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