The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day
of April, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes Issued £31,882,630

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & BuWou 17,107,630
Silver Bullion

£31,882,630:

$31,882,630

BANKING DEPARTMENT,

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
_

Government Secu-
rities Aincluding
Dead WeightAn-

Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commi s-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 5,079,902
Other Deposits 15,121,305
Seven Day and
other Bills

nuity) £11,371,118
Other Securities 16,808,520
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 613,718

807,957

£38,703,623 1 £38,703,623
_ _ 31. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated April 21,1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

`The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 19th day
of April, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America 27s 2d

THE PRINCIPALITY OF DH.411

About 30 miles west of Mhow, and close to the ruins of
the ancient Mandu, is Dhar, one of the oldest cities in
Malwa, and once boasting a population of 100,000 souls.
Many a Rajput chief fought and flourished in that city or
its vicinity before the name of the Feringi was known in
India. Some old mosques testify to the conquests of the
Muslim kings, and that Dhar had been included in the
Mogul Empire, but in A.D. 1724, the principality passed
again into Rajput hands. In that year, Udaji Powar, or
Pramar, a Rajput serving with the Peshwa, overran the
district, and held it for a brief period. He was expelled,
but his successor, Anand Rao Powar, reconquered and held
Dhar, and finally obtained it as a fief from the Peshwa.
In his family it continued till the year of the mutinies.
On the 28th of May, 1857, the officiatiag agent for
the Governor-General in Central India reported that
Jeswant Rao Powar had died, adopting a younger brother,
Bala Sahib, a boy 12 years of age. Of J eswant, the Gover-
nor-General's agent said, that he " had secured the esteem
and respect of the people and chiefs of Western Malwa, as
well as the approbation of successive residents and agents."
The young Bala Sahib was confirmed in his principality
by the Governor-General, but not many weeks after the
, outbreaks at Indore and Mhow took place. The 23d Bengal
Infantry mutinied at the latter station on the 2d July, and
the contagion soon spread to Dhar. When our own soldiers
revolted, what could be expected from the troops of native
chiefs, who were besides powerless from the influx of
swarms of Pathans and Wilayatis astir everywhere for
blood and rapine. The mercenaries of Dhar revolted
against their boy prince, plundered and burnt the stations
of Bhopawar and Sardarpur, hoisted the Muslim standard,
seized the fortress of Dhar, and defied the British Govern-
ment. The avengers were, however, at hand. On the 22d
of October Brigadier Stuart's column arrived before Dhar,
and after a few sharp skirmishes on the Ist of November
the fort surrendered. In all this the young Bala Sahib was
absolutely without blame-,--sinned against, but not sinning.
The Bengal Government directed that the principality
should be immediately attached, and that it should
be announced to the young chief that " he must never
hope to see it restored to his hands." We are
totally unable to see the justice of this decision, and
so were the Court of Directors. On the 22d of June,
1858, they transmitted a despatch to the Bengal Govern-
ment, :in which they say, "We do not perceive how
we could consistently punish this, or any other weak state,
for its inability to control its troops, when it was patent to
the whole world that the more powerful states of Gwahor
and Indore, and even the British Government itself, were
unable to control theirs." Well done, Court of Directors I
This reasoning is not easily confuted.
We have now before us the Parliamentary papers respect-
ing Dhar, returned to the order of the house on the motion
of Mr. John Benjamin Smith. As the extract we have
quoted above occurs at the sth page, and there are thirty-
three pages in all, we turned over the pages with much
eagerness in the full expectatio3 of finding an elaborate
defence of the policy of the Bengal Government, and of
being finally convinced that it was for the general
good that Dhar should be confiscated. Our astonishment
grew with each page to find that the despatch of the Court
.f Directors had never been answered. It appears that
others besides ourselves have shared in this astonishment,
) for at page 6 is a despatch from Lord Stanley, calling atten-
tion to the Court's despatch, and "the good and sufficient
reasons" therein contained for the restoration of Dhar to its
native ruler, and adding " considering the time that has
elapsed since the date of the Court's despatch, H. M.'s Go-
vernment have not unreasonably expected to learn that
your Excellency had, in one way or the other, given effect
to the instructions which it contained." Outsiders, no
doubt, can have no idea of the vast pressure of business
which during these times accumulates at the door of the
Indian Government. We are disposed to make every al-
lowance for the want of leisure that pressure entails, but
here is a case which surely requires no long deliberationt
and on the principle, bis dit qui cito, the sooner it is decided
the better.—Homeward

COUNTRY MARKETS.

MANSFIELD—Arnm 21.

We had fair supplies of all descriptions of grain to-day,
and wheat met a good sale at is to 2s per qr. over previous
rates. Oats fully as dear. Barley of superior quality un-
changed in value. Very little doing in beans.