The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-16 00:00:00

reformed, a new coinage was introduced, and the roads and
canals, designed in the previous year, were actually com-
menced, to say nothing of a new system of excise being fully
established. The consequence of these efficient services was,
that at the end of the second year the board were able to
report to the Governor-General that "the entire British
system and its institutions were thoroughly introduced into
the Punjaub." The board add the following comment :
" The two first years were years of originating, the third
year has been rather one of perfecting;" and they conclude by
referring to the appendix to the report all who desire to know
the step bywhich the general administration had been advanced
up to the point at which it then stood. To give a detailed
account of these results, equally solid and splendid in their
character, would be to give an epitome of an East Indian
" Blue Book," of upwards of 300 pages, including many im-
portant tables—a task which we spare inflicting on ourselves
or our readers—the more willingly since Indian "Blue
Books" are printed at present without a marginal summary.
Lord Dalhousie, in a minute dated July 9, 1853 (for
which we regret that we have not space), speaks of this report
as a" most able, clear, full, and interesting document, given
in a tone of conscious success, and marked by a most hopeful
spirit." In 1849 his lordship expressed a "confident hope"
that the Punjaub would turn out a most profitable possession;
and the results have not belied his hopes ; for, in the very
first year after its annexation, the revenue of the Punjaub
(after paying all expenses of governrnent and management)
showed a surplus of 52 lace, and rose in the second year to
64 lass of rupees.
The rest of Sir John Lawrence's career is too fresh in oar
readers' memories to need repeating here. We may, how-
ever, mention that, in 1856, he was made a K.C.B. in re-
ward of his services as Commissioner of the Punjaub, and
was advanced to the dignity of a last year for his
zeal, intrepidity, and energy in supporting his deceased
brother and the military authorities in suppressing the
Indian mutiny. He is now further rewarded with a
baronetcy, and a seat by nomination of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, in the new Indian Council, in which capacity he
will enjoy a salary of £1,200 a-year.

The follewing " Order in Council," recently issued by
Lord Canning, will speak for itself :—" The Governor-
General in Council will not postpone his grateful acknow-
ledgment of the services which have been rendered to the
empire at this juncture by the Chief Commissioner of the
Punjaub. To Sir John Lawrence it is owing that the army
before Delhi, long ago cut off from all direct support from
:he Lower Provinces, has been continually recruited and
strengthened so effectually as to enable its commander not
only to maintain his position unshaken, but to achieve a
;rest success. To Sir John Lawrence's unceasing vigilance,
and his energetic and judicious use of the trustworthy force
at his disposal, it is due that Major-General Wilson's army
tias not been harassed or threatened on the side of the Pen-
jaub, and that the authority of the Government in the
Punjaub itself has been sustained and generally respected."
It will probably he remembered that in November last
Sir John Lawrence, when he received the distinction of the
Grand Cross of the Bath, at the same time received the
thanks of Parliament by resolution of both houses. Shortly
afterwards a despatch was sent out by the directors of the
East India Company directing that his salary of £7,200 a-
year as Chief Commissioner should be increased to the same
amount as that of Lieutenant-Governor, namely, £30,000
a-year, and that its receipt should date from the Ist Jan.,
1858. These circumstances show that the distinguished and
valuable services of Sir John Lawrence have not been over-
looked, though the nation will not think that his services
have been adequately rewarded until they are crowned with ,

a peerage ; and it is generally expected that a peerage is in

store for him when the Indian mutiny has been fairly
quelled, and Lord Canning has been advanced to an earl-

We learn from Hardwicke's "Shilling Knightage " that
Sir John Lawrence married, in 1842, a daughter of the late

Rev. R. Hamilton.—Court Circular.