The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

INDIAN NOTES.

The Indian Govcrnment ought to be much grati-
fied at the result of the subscription to the loan.
India wanted 2 millions sterling; have been
offered. This is very satisfactory. Still more so is
the fact that a large proportion of the applicants for
the loan, 110 out of 240, were natives. This not only
spews a confidence in the stability of our Govern-
ment, but will tend to confirm that stability. When
the natives begin to have a large stake in the Govern-
ment, they are not likely to assist any attempt to
overthrow it. This has been the great 'source of
strength to Napoleon. When the Cassandras begin.;
to prophesy misfortune and revolution, he can point
to the fact that the class which supplied the revolu-1
tionists of twenty-one years ago has invested in the
•
IZentes.

The negotiations bet Ween the Ameer of Afgha-
nistan kind the 'Viceroy of India, at Umballah, have
being kept secret, " out of deference to the Secre-
tary of 'State (the Duke of Argyll)'and the Home
Government," ',ord.- Mayo gives 'out. The Calcutta
correspondent of the Times attributes 'this silence
to a very different 'cause—the fear that a hostile
Ministry in England ina,y-criticise his lordship's -pro-
ceedings -with some severity. The Bombay Gazette
corrects- sundry statements that hare gone abroad.
It ..is: notv;true, for instance, that the Ameer asked
either for the services of European--officers or the
presence of European agents in Afghanistan. On
the, contrary,'Shere Ali ' hail a keen percep-
tion of the complications that might arise were
servants of the:British 'Government to be' stationed
in his country,-and had the proposal to place-1116;n
there been made, he would have formally expressed
his dissent. Nor is it legs incorrect to say that Lord
Mayo himself favoured the project. Not only did he
not regard it with 'approval, but he would not have
listened to the proposition for h moment had it been
made by anyone, which it was not. Nor did the
Ameer urge the Viceroy to notice the encroachmen,ts
of the Persians in Seistan; nor he request the
establishment.- of Affghart contingent, under
English officers, nor the residence' of an English
ng'.ant in Afghanistan.' • ' • •
- - lik!ia.is now • blessed with a Divorce' Act; which
came int(i operation on April- 1. -Nor .is the Act
likely. to.reasain de.A.l letter. At Calcutta there has
been one application and at Mad4s another. ::'The
.lattet case is-said to relate'to 'pet's6ns in high society.
and the. damages, arc laid at a lakh and' a :half -nt
rupees.
The -arrival of • the Duke of 'Edinburgh :is already
talked' aboht, although
:it does not, take place!
till 7Decoin'ber,' It expected - that Major-
'Sir:Neville Chamberlain will be attached
to • the' snite 'of Highness,' and be
entrusted, under the title of Special Commissioner,
with all the necessary .tritingemetits.''' The 03rd
Highlanders are to forth IliagnatdOf .honour at the
Agra.Dtirbar: •

." • TIIJ PEACE SOCIETY.
The Peace Society isohoping to riave an influential,
gathering this year.. Four. DTP's.,'Mr:Pease, Mr.':
Gilpin, Mr. Fowler, and Mr. Richard, are expecied`
to attend, as well as that gentlenian who, perhaps,,
pore than any Qf them, has rendered war dacult