The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

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I ON. )ON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1847.

Although there is little that is positively exhilira-
ting in the intelligence received in our last overland
dispatches from India, there is nothing of a very dis-
astrous character. We must consequently express
gratification at the negative tranquillity of affairs in
our oriental possessions and dependencies. Sinde
and the Punjaub are in a state of comparative pros-
perity, because in a state of unusual, though still only
comparative, quiescence ; for little credit can be at-
tached to the rumours of conspiracy at Lahore—con-
spiracies in which GHOOLAB SINGH, the Durbar,
and the MAHARANEE, are said to have been more or
less implicated. It is in the financial position of
the government of the NIZAM that the greatest em-
barrassments are perceptible. Those embarasstnents
appear to be rather on the increase than otherwise,
and the dislike with which the NIzAM himself regards
his Minister, the British nominee, Suit AJ
Moots, tends very considerably to enhance the diffi-
culties which a certain degree of cordiality between
them might in a very great measure diminish. The
banking scheme at Hyderabad has burst like
the veriest babble ever putTecl in Capel -
court. Those members of the Deccan who were
possessed of money were deaf to the specious solici-
tations and glittering temptations of SITRAJ-09L-
MOOLK ; they feared, possii)ly, lest h- might prove
in the end a sort of Asiail Stag, and leave them
minus no inconsiderable. arn,)unt of cash, either
by a sudden disappearance or an &pally di.astrou•
coup-detat. Taking these things into consideration,
the monetary dream of the Wuzeer melted into thin
air, and the Hyderabad Bank was forgotten, after
only a few hours of a hypothetical existence. The
mercenaries, therefore, still remain unpaid, the NIZAM
IS still perched on the horns of a dilemma, SF.JRAJ-001.-
3100LK. still continues in the retention of office by a
very precarious tenure, and the British authorities,
headed by General FRASER, are still implicated in
these deplorable transactions. Whatever tranquillity,
therefore, is yet visible in the dominions of the
NlztM is as deceptive as the verdure on the volcano,
or the bloom of consumption. Something ruinous
must inevitably result from the present defalcations
in the revenue, and the lethargy of to-day must be
followed by the outbreaks of to-morrow, unless the
Anglo-Indian Government come to the assistance of
the distressed Deccan and the rescue of the ill,
doomed NIZAM.

In Goomsoor, again, there is every probability of a
prolonged and sanguinary insurrection. The in-
hunian ceremonies of the Goomsoories:-7ceremonies
revolting to the mind of every civilized man, be he
Christian or, be he Atheist--seem to be so sanctified
in their estimation,. by usage and superstition, that
their repetition is inevitable. Hence those dis-
turbances which we anticipate ; for it would not
be in consonance with our former policy,
with our national religion, or with our intellectual-
ad.vancement, to permit the perpetration of such
crmes among a race dependant upon our protection.
That a multitude of oriental barbarians should fatten
150 children like so many guinea-pigs
t or poultry, and
then cut them into little pieces fornuring their fields, and propitiating thpeurdemounsofofultha-
e
elements, may seem rational to the Goomsoories, but
must appear infamous and diabolical in the eyes of
Europeans. By interference of some sort such prac-
tices as these must be prevented; by threats or en-
treaties, and if those prove ineffectual, by military
interposition.. The armaments, as well as the diplo-
matic corps of the Anglo-Indian Government, are
in this manner the instrunients for the diffusion of
civilisation and the enforcement of humanity.
While we are referring to the latest dispatches re-
ceived from our Indian possessions, we_ are
_Aaturally
reminded of the proposed facilitation of our inter-
course With'th;.at coloml empire. The:ivy:ll -charter
granted to the Trildra- and AtiStralia Royal Mail Steam-
packet Company ha, at length given reality and fea-
sibility to those:great schemes which
Wn were first ccati•i
ceived in the i ot: the patriotic
l and enter-
prising Lieutenant aaoax: When the arrange-
ments of this great nationtil;:mdertaking shall be
perfected, and vessels shall .
pro-
posed 4,9 e of communication
thefiarnNe traversing
p the
OrtS .Of the
United Xingdom to the shores of Zealand, we
may then consider that the -permanence of the Bri-
tish empire is secured for many future
h
re geenehrations.
The' vision of Mr. Macanirdcr; in w
de-
picted a traveller from the .latter
taking as
his
-stand upon a broken arch of London-bridge to
sketch the ruins of St. Paul's, will be so much the
further from its fulfilment. 'For the downfal
of the colossal empires. whose power and
whose decidence has been described in the scrolls of
history,.has in every instance arisen from a diminu-
tion of the energies, and a contraction of the aspira-
tions of their citizens and their governments. The
Grecian empire, the Assyrian empire, the Roman, the
Pcrian, and the Carthaginian empires have fallen
Disc after another, but theonly have fallen when
their strength ha.s been ermined by indulgence,
.when their cultivation has il
been exaggerated to effe-
TainacY, or when their sue eses have led to false'
confidence. The
openinofe
such a line of commu-
nication as that which If o
s n_ w India and Australia Royal Mail
smapped out by the
am-packet Com.-
piny, will not only deter the possibility
of these ruinous
influences, but it will afford suchr ani impfiatua.
British industry and British
sur real greatness will date fromth:l°- resolution, tha
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