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

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T.ON,)OIN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 24, 1e47.

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
parity, 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 thit the greatest em-
barrammenta are perceptible. Those einbarassments
appear to he rather on the increase than otherwise,
and the dislike with which the Niz tst himself regards
his Minister, the British nominee, Sus AJ
Mo. )I.lc, 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 bk.-
the veriest babble ever puffed in Capel-
court. Th members of the D.-ee wh., were
mcme.j., met ca_. tco
tationa and glittering temptations of Sint 4..; °tn..
Moo Ls. ; they feared, possibly, lest he might prove
in the end a sort of Asia is Stag, and leave them
minus no inconsiderable amount of cash, eithsr
by a sudden disappearance or an equally diaastrou,
coup-detat. Taking these things into consideratin,
the monetary dream of the Wuzeer melted into thin
air, and the Hyderabad Rank 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, SuaAJ-001.-
Mootx still continues in the retention of office by a
very precarious tenure,' and the British authorities,
beaded by General FRASER, are still implicated in
these deplorable transactions. Whatever tranquillity,
therefore, is yet visible in the dominions of the
NIZAM is as deceptive as the verdure on the volcano,
or the bloom of consumption. Something ruinous
must inevitably remilt.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-
human ceremonies of the Goomsoories—ceremonies
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
advancement, to permit the perpetration of such
crimes among a race dependant upon our protection.
That a multitude of oriental barbarians should fatten
ISO children like so many guinea-pigs or poultry, and
then cut them into little pieces for the purpose of ma-
nuring their fit.lds, and propitiating the demons of the
elements, may seem rati.nal to the Goomsoories, but
must appear infamous and diaboli'al 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 instruments for the diffusion of
civiliFation and the enforcement of humanity.
While we are referring to the latest dispatches re-
ceived from our Indian possessions, we are naturally
reminded of the proposed facilitation of our inter-
course with that colcnsal.empire.. The royal charter
granted to the India and Australia Royal Rail•Steam-
packet Company has at length given reality and fea-
sibilit!to those great schemes which were first con-

ceived in the imagination of the patriotic and enter-
prising Lieutenant W AGEIORN. ft the arrange-
ments of this great national undertaking shall be
perfected, and vessels shall be traversing the pro-
posed line of communication from the ports of the
United Kingdom to the shores of New
Zealand,
may then consider that the permanence oftheßwrie-
tish empire is secured for many future generations.
The 'Vision of Mr. MACAULAY, in which he has de-
"'Acted a traveller from the latter colony taking his
stand upon a broken arch of London-bridge to
sketch the ruins of St. Paul's, sill be so much the
further from its fulfilment. For the downfal
of the colossal empires whose power and
whose decadence 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
Persian, and the Carthaginian empires have fallen
another, but they have only fallen when
11163 r strength has been undermined by indulgence,
when.. their cultivation has been exaggerated to effe-
zainacY, or when •
confidence. The . successes. ,have _led to false
commu-
nication as that whicuula of such a line of
India and Australis Fiord now. s Plied -out' by the
pan y, will not only defer this possibility Ofliactheteetrutinu:
influences, but it will afford siuch an %vows to
British industry and
via
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ifrestaes.o
will
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from the
that,
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