The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

AMERICAN OPINIONS ON INDIA.

The question has been asked, will England be able to
put down this insurrection ? We ask, in turn, why
not? She is the most powerful nation on the face of
the globe—she has not only her own wealth, but the
wealth of the world at her command ; she has no enemies
in Europe to disturb her tranquillity at home, and she
has, oftitne, confronted a world in arms. From 1704
to 1801 she subsidised all Europe to fight her battles
against Republican France. From 1803 to 1809 she
had no less than three coalitions against her—of Aus-
tria, Prussia, and Russia. From 1803 to 1812 she stood
alone with her allies, Spain and Portugal, against all
Europe; and from that time till 1815 she was at the
hsal of the European coalition against Napoleon. In
1812 her expenditure was 96,000,0001 sterling, in 1813
it exceeded 100,000,0001., in 1814 it swelled to
118,00t),000/., and in 1815 it reached the incredible
figure of 126,000,0001. There is nothing like this in all
history. Those who think that the great public debt
with which she is burdened will prevent her in future
from matting such exertione as she did in _times
pa-t have not reflected that she is now nearly doubly as
populous as she was then ; thet the value of her private
property is three times as great ; that her tonnage has
more than doubled itself : that, from the increase of
col i and silver, money is not worth more than half what
it vas at that time ; that, consequently, had everything
else remained precisely as it was, the debt would be only
half its nominal value, and that of her advancement in
all other respects being considered, she has three times
the ability to pay. Abe ye all, her sons are descended
of a race the most persevering, the most indorniteble,
the most energetic of which there -is any account.
Sire will not only conquer, but she would do so in
'pits of 2.'1 Europe, and with all Europe leagued
against her. It has been suggested that she will
inert with difficulties in raising troops, as she did in
the Russian war ; but the English people had no parti-
cular grudge against the Russians, and no particular
partially for the Turks. The case is different here.
India is their own soil. They will enlist thoulauds to
defend it. —Rieltmond Whig.
We copy from the _Richmond Inig an article on the
felahomedan revolt in India, which speaks encouragingly
of the chauces of its suppression. Oar centernporary
Cannot see why a nation which subsidised all Europe to
fight in battles against Republican France—which from
ISO 3 to 1812 stood alone with Spain and Portugal against
all Europe, and which from 1812 to 1815 was able to
stand an annual war Expenditure of more than one
hundred millions starling, should be obliged to yield its
Indian empire to the feeble Asiatics from whom it
wrested it. Neither can we. Tuere is nothing in
Great Britain's present circumstances which would
seem to justify the slightest despondency on this
score. Our purpose in referring to this artiohs in the
Whit' is less to notice opinions to which we ourselves
have frequently given expression, than to draw atten-
tion abroad to this iden'ity of views on the part of the
American press. The enemies of England have endea-
voured to create an impression that the feeling of this
country in regard to the difficulties of Great Britain in
India and China is, on. the Cmt.nent, one of in-
difference, and even of satisfaction. Tuere can be
no.greater mistake. If the American newspapers are
to be taken :is any evidence of Annerican opinions, the
feeling is all the other way. With the exception
of some srnail Irish papers, conducted by such con-
sistent patriots as the Alabama's slaveholder, J. Mitchell,
we believe that the general disposition expressed by our
press has been that of sympathy—sympathy, let it be
understood, not for the English Government or the Eng-
lish aristocracy, but for the English nation, who spring
from the same stock and are animated by pretty nearly the
earns sl irit and impulses as ourselves, and who have a
further claim upon our regard in the similarity of their
peli'ical institutions; to ours. Whatever may be thought
of the means by which Englaed acquired her Indian
empire, there can be no doubt that the struggle
in e high she is now engaged is one of civilisation
against barbarism, and that therefore all civilised na-
tioni should feel an interest in her triumph. But, in
addition to this consideration, there is another which
is s rarcely less powerful with a commercial nation like
ones. In the hands of Great Britain, India is a vast
productive field kept open to cur enterprise; in those of
the Mahoinedens or Ilindoos it will be, if net entirely
closed to us, an unsafe theatre for speculasine. Uudtr
such circumstances it would be unnatural and
suicidal on our part if we were to do any-
thing which would bold out encouragement to the
one-nice of England is the present cri,is of her affairs. As
we can afford to present a boll front to her when she is
unreasrmable cud arrogant, we can off ;rd to be generous
to her in the hour of her adversity. It is ()ply by such
conduct that we can prove to the woil 1 the suptriority
of republican ideas and institutions.—The New York

MIDDLESEX REGISTRITION,—The revi,ing barrister
held his court yesterday, at the Now Globe, Mdc-end,
No mater of the sli2htest irnporta,c4 arose in any of
the lists revised. Thtro were some few overseers' ob-
jc ices, which were not disputed, and the remainder of
tha business invulqed merely the striking out of the
nameS of perBons on the register v,ho were dead, or wLo
woe not to be found, or had not voted for many yeurt