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 film' act of negotiation, the
seizure of the territories of the NiaAM and those of
the King of Ounn, with his memorable and trium-
phant administration, it appears that such a move-
ment is by no means anticipated in Hindostan. 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 NIZAINI as would
inevitably tend to enhance the influence of the Com-
pany, and to ameliorate the condition 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 NIZAZI, 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 authority to the supreme Govern-
ment, or only lead to an •indirect interference, such
as that Which was
effected at the commencement of
1846 in the P enjaub, it is certain that the interpo-
sition of thehisown 'Viceroy, and the reiteration of remon-
strances from lips and from those of the
British Resident, must produce a most beneficial mo-
dification in the policy hitherto adopted by the indo-
lent and unconscientious
Sot-vs:d dust zios. His people
, oru bby the cruelty
can no longer be ground into
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the dastardly
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of his eunuchs and favourites
caprice of his armed emissaries. me fortunate
alteration is inevitable; the only
as to
the manner in which it may be negotiated, and the
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 occaions, the language employed
by Lord HARDINGE, in taking a retrospective survey
of his administration, was naturally enough the lan-
guage of confidence and satisfaction. Throughout the
whole period in which he has presided over the affairs
of British India, our arms have been successful, and
our diplomacy generous, conscientious, and advan-
A- E.w.jtymuv our envoys have evinced a salutary de-
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