The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-25 00:00:00

THE STATB OMB,

The following is an extract from a letter dated
Lucknow, June Iv :
" The late native officers of the Oude Govern-
ment draughted into the commission have proved
a failure. They are quite incompetent to perform
the duties required of them, and have one and all
expressed their desit e to be otherwise provided for,
and it i 3 in contemplation to place the-in in appoint-
ments tor which their previous career fits them.
The Toolshupoor Rajah showed significant tokens
of insubordination and disaffection, and several
dacoities occurred in his territory. His rabble re-
tainers—ruffians of the worst character—had large
claims of arrears against him, and being unable
himself to pay he let them loose ia his villages. A
force was sent which did its work without firing a
shot. The Rajah fled, and Wingfield rapidly pur-
sied and captured him. His forts are occupied,
his rabble followers p tid up, and his country will
now be settled and a handsome allowance given
him. The clever and admirable manner in which
Wingfield has effected this will gain for him great
and. deserved praise. Ile is decidedly our best offi-
cer. Had the Rajah succeeded in getting away
his followers would have kept us in hot water all
the rains, and the example might have been fol-
lowed by others. As it has happened the lesson read
to all malcontents is most salutary. The complete
discomfiture and easy capture of a Rajah against
whom the King's forces could do nothing, and who
constantly defeated him—who for three years has
defied all authority—have so strongly manifested our
power, and futility of any attempt to oppose it, that
I am quite certain this bloodless campaign will be
the first and last one. All the rest of Oude is
tranquil. The large Talookdars are paying up and
discharging the large bodies they were compelled
to retain in their own defence, to protect them from
the rapacity of the King's Anvils. People are re-
turning to the houses and lands from which op-
pression and insecurity of life and prospects had
driven them ; and everywhere there are the most
willing obedience twd tillblllinZiOVl to otir authority.
The lull and absence of incident, indeed, are so won-

derful as almost to seem like the power of magic,
and ono might be inclined to believe that it was
the slumbering which precedes the burst of a vol-
cano ; but there is such a cheerful resort of all
classes to our officers, and such a complete adop-
tion of our system, that am constrained to believe
that it is real, and that the people really hail us as
their deliverers. All claims against the late State
have now been adjusted ; and though tl.• sum has
been enormous, yet this act of justice and the
means it has affords a the people of comfortably
settling themselves have very largely contributed
towards the attainment of the present state of
tranquillity, and it is parhaps a fortunate circum-
stance that the dawn of our rule has been ushered
in by so large a measure of justice. There is but
little crime. This city is profoundly tranquil ; still
the elements of mischief are in existence, and, if
stirred up, we might even now be placed in an
awkward predicament. We are daily becoming
stronger, and iu another month our police will be
efficiently and completely organised. The re-
venue is coming in. Of the rubbee demand
there is only 18 per cent. balance in Luck--
now. G- s division is heavily in arrears ; but
that part of Oude has for years never paid revenue
without coercion. Christian's division, Khyrabad,
is working like the machinery for the administration
of an old settled province. This has been brought
About by the unprecedented exertions of our officers.
" All have been exposed to burning heat, and
have identified themselves with the interests of
Government. I wish my Lord Albemarle and some
of those gentlemen in the Lords and Commons who
assimilate the work and duties and responsibilities
of median officials to those of colonies resembling
this country in no one particular had been with
Wingfield, or any deputy-commissioner, during
this season, and I am sure they would maintain
unbroken silence hereafter on Indian topics.
" The poor King has bitterly rued the day he
quitted Lucknow. He has had to pay 56,000 r. for
his passage down in two steamers, and the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental Company have called upon him to
pay 75,000 r. in fulfilment of an agreement made
with them by Captain Bird on the King's part ;
and I believe he has been warned of several claims
which are likely to be preferred against him if he
ever sets his foot iu England. Aghai Ali Khan,
of Sultanpoor, has been called upon to make good
25,000 r. He and the Minister were the worst of
all the harpies who preyed on the kingdom. A
board of works has been organised, but it is not yet
in 93eration.

"The troops, including her Majesty's 52d, are
all exceedingly healthy. We have early and heavy
rains. The river is quite full. We are enjoying
exceedingly pleasant weather for the time of year.
The city is undergoing cleansing and ventilation,
and is already much improved. Our judicial duties
ere daily becoming heavier, but more regular and
less miscellaneous, and when we get the establish-
ments settled I hope our courts will be in regular
working order. At present the revenue occupies
an undue but unavoidably large share of attention."