The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

'LONDON, Jane 23.—Wind this day at noon, E.; light
breeze, and fine.
SOUTHAMPTON, Jane 23.—Arrived—Alhambra (s.s.),
from Gibraltar, do.
PLYMOUTH, June 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ma-
finer, from Sierra Leone for Sheerness.
FALMOUTH, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived----Dee
Bran, from Scala Nova ; Agile, Macao.
OFF FALMOUTH, Jane 22.—Arrived--San Fernando,
from Cuba.

SWANSEA, June 2.—Wind E. —Arrived—jeune Henri,
from Rochelle ; Wm. Nicholson, Cuba ; Nolant, Gibral-
tar. 8 Aled—Dolphine, for Cape of Good Hope.
FOWEY, June 21. Wind W.—Arrived—Plover, from
Singapore for Dordt.
QUEENSTOWN' . June 22.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—
Scott, from Callao ; Refuge, Alexandria.
CLYDE, June 22.—Arrived—St. Elrac, from Gibraltar.
PORTSMOUTH, June 23.—Wind
Brougham, for Sierra Leone.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 10 a.m.
Wind calm, and fine.
Arrived—Pot:thous, from Llanolly ; Fanny, Cardiff.
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N. W.
Arrived—Saxon, screw steamer, from Hamburg;
Eugene, Ostend ; Fama Kerina, Bordeaux._ _

Off—'Ann Martin, Anne Jane, Ann Bridson; Eliza
Stewart Hudson.

Sailed—Confidence, for Messina ; Marie, Elsinore ;
Orion, War Cloud, Calcutta; Vanguard, New York.
- QUEENSTOWN, June 21.
_. .

Wind S.
Arrived—Ariadne, from Matanzas, Liverpool; Refuge,
from Alexandria.

CROOKHAVEN, June 20.
Arrived—Lord William Bentinck, from Africa.
DUBLIN, June 22.
Arrived—Florence Nightingale, from Stettin.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m._ _

Calm; tide ono hour's flood ; fine. _
Ai rived, June 22—Leo, from Frederisa; Paris and
London, steamer, Paris ; Planet, steamer, Hamburg ;
Ellen, Jamaica ; Alliance, St. Vincent.
Arrived, June 23—Furet, from Gravelines ; Paris and.
London, steamer, Gravelinea.

DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m..

Wind N.E. ; light.
Passed—Alfred the Great, from London, for Liverpod

DOVER, Monday, June 22.—1 t is reported that a
large steamer, the Durham, of London, for Sierra
Leone, went on shore at an early hour this morning
(at about 1 a.m ), during the fog, near Dungeness.
We are not aware whether any serious damage has re-
sulted from the accident, but from the absence of in-
telligence respecting her it is probable that she bas
succeeded in getting off, and has proceeded on her
voyage.
. CHILD MURDER IN HYDE-PAUL—SAGACITY OP ADoG.
—Yesterday Mr. Bedford the coroner, received informa-
tion from the police of the murder of an infant, which
had that morning been discovered in the Serpentine
River by a large Newfoundland dog, which dragged
the body, contained in a bundle, to the bank of the
river.

THE TEA TRADE, Jane 22,—The deliveries in Lon-
don, estimated for the week, were 681,323113., being a
decrease of 7,0091 b. compared with the previous state-
ment.

The Lisbon letters of the 15th state that the House of
Deputies had unanimously approved the bill presented
by the Finance Committee for placing 100 ((sates
(24,0000 sterling at the disposal of the King of Porta-
gal, for the expense of his Majesty's marriage, and of
settling a dowry of 60 contos (13,0001. sterling) per
annum upon the new Queen—a very liberal sum for a
country like Portugal.
THE Moons.—Throughout the winter grouse have
been in fine condition—their plumage glossy, flight
vigorous, and the well-known crowing of the cocks loud
and clear. Oo all low moors the young broods are
strong, counting from eight to ten in a covey. A. sports-
man, well known for great feats on the moors and in the
deer-glens, writes from his shooting-quarters on the 4th
of June :—" Grouse are quite healthy, and stags are
getting very forward in condition. I expect better herds
-this season than we have seen for the last three or four
years."—lnverness Courier.
Toe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday, and heard as application for the prolongation of
patent (" Warlich's Patent Fuel"). Present—Lords
Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Dean of the
Arches Court, Sir J. Patteson, Sir W. Maule, and Sir
E. Ryan.
HARBOUR OF REFUGE AT TILE CAFE.—By the advices
received to-day from the Cape of Good Hope, it appears
highly probable that the proposition to construct a
Harbour of Refuge at Table Bay will be carried out.
The intended works, which meet with the approval Of
the hbme Government, will cost 1,000,000/. which the
colony appears desirous of repaying, by an amended
tariff of wharfage rates on goods landed or shipped in
Table Bay, in preference to any duty which might tend
to affect the trade of the port.
A WARNING TO SIPPERS.—With reference to the
fire which broke out on board a lighter in the St. Bathe-
rine'e Docks, by some bottles of nitric acid in one of the
packages becoming, broken, proceedings it is understood
have been commenced against the shippers by the Cus-
tom-house authorities, the Dock Company, and other
parties. A culpabisi and highly dangerous infringement
of the Customs' regulajone has been committed, which
might have been attended with the most serious conse-
quences both to life and pror,:ty.
BOXIANA.—The contest for do; chainpionship, which
Came off on Tuesday, between Pl';afessor Sayers and
Tipton Slasher, Esq., has set me thinki2g about the na-
tionality of the pastime, and how easily it might be
proved that an Englishman was thoroughly a "boxer,"
independently of his pugilistic pretensions. MO he is
first spoken of as a little " chatterbox," or " saucehcx,"
boxes of toys, and, of course, a Jack-in-the-box, furnis::
his amusements. In boyhood the summit of juvenile
felicity is attained when he becomes sole proprietor of
a " boxer" peg-top, obtained, perhaps, from the face-
tious uncle, who speaks of his head as a "knowledge-
box." A musical-box delights his ear, and for bringing
it down in his school-box, and making it play when
he ought to work, many a box does the same ear
get in consequence. Ilia first start from home is
likely to have bent made on the " box-seat "of a coach,
by the aide of a driver in a " box-coat," and using a
box-handled whip, and to economise his pocket money he
has frequently contrived to "box Harry." If he goes
to sea, he must box the compass ; in the army, he will
learn how much depends upon the cartridge-box," and in
the medical profession upon the " pill-box ; " while his
fame as a lawyer might often be traced direct to the
" witness-box " and the jury-box," when the recognition
of his success is made by presenting him with a " box
of some kind or other. His prosperity puts him
in possession of an " opera- box," a " hunting-
box or a " shooting -box," in the vicinity of
Bexhill, or Boxmoor, or reached by rail through
the Box Tunnel. The resp ectability of aneighbourhood
depends upon the amount dispensedin " Christmas
Boxes" (authorities Turncock and Postman), and the
true people's holiday is "Boxing-night. The ballot-box
is believed to be the panacea for all political grievances,
and the band-box is generally the source of all domestic
ones. Out of the " 'loacco-box" and the "snuff-box"
man derives his consolation. The happiness or misery
of each depends upon what he finds in his " letter-box;"
and the troubles that perplex his life only cease when he
is " boxed up." Who, after this, will doubt that all the
world's a box, and all the men and women merely boxers?
Certainly not The Man About Town.

THE FOUND ±R OF THE ANGLO-INDIAN

EMPIRE.

On this very day ono hundred years ago the
magnificent Empire of Britain in the East was
founded by the genius and daring of a single man.
To that man, after this lapse of years, it is now
proposed to erect a monument, and a meeting will
this morning be held to put the design in .proper
'train. Our words are not overcharged. Beyond
doubt the valour and abilities of thousands have
been expended on the maintenance and extension
of that dazzling structure of power which has
risen on the Ganges ; beyond doubt we owe it to
the unceasing efforts of our statesmen and soldiers
that this marvellous fabric of conquest has been
steadily consolidated and enlarged. Our position
could only have been preserved by the same arts
which acquired it ; but, if ever a mighty revolu-
tion could be attributed to a single man, that mail
was Robert Clive.

In the year 1757 the potentate known as the,
Great Mogul was still enthroned at Delhi, nor had
his power been curtailed by any encroachments but
those of his own vassals. These vassals, however,
were established in independent sovereignties, and
of such sovereignties the most splendid was that 0f
Bengal—a province to this day retaining a suPre-
macy in dignity and wealth. The residence of thei
Nabob, or virtual monarch, of the territory WaS.3
Moorshedabad ; it was only in some .factories
near the sea that a few traders, less secure
than even the British merchants at Ctutouf
represented the interests of England. In
the province of Madras the British pryvrer
was more assured and developed, th 044%
there only through the self-same ageno,le:
which were soon to establish it in Bengal. CIO"
had gone out to Madras as a clerk, had found °
enemies of England in the ascendant, and had 11
a series of military exploits, in which the captor's
and defence of Arcot stood brilliantly conspicuous,'
retrieved and exalted the credit of our arms. Bev'
India was not to be won in Madras. It was on the
Ganges that the great prize was to be gained, andto this famous scene of romance and riches tu°
calamities of his countrymen soon summonev•,
Ci ive.

Surajah Dowlah, the Nabob of Bengal, was!
youth about 20 years of age, with more than the
average follies and vices of Oriental Royalty. Out
of caprice, or wantonness, or malice, he marelo'
from his capital with a powerful force against oar
little settlement at Fort William, and finding 11°,
Clive in the garrison, carried the place and sackal,
it. This was on the 20th June, 1756. In the nigh'
which ensued occurred that dreadful tragedy, eve!
now related with horror, when upwars of lov
Englishmen were smothered in the Black Holes
while the Nabob was reposing after his conquest.;
The capture of the settlement and the miseries 0'
the British were communicated with all speed tf
the superior power then established at Madfl
but it was only in the first week of August 0,4
intelligence—now transmissible in a dozen sewn
—reached Fort St. George from Fort
The alacrity of the authorities, however, could Oa
be surpassed in the present ay, for in eight alio
forty hours it was resolved to despatch a for Acr
to the relief of the sufferers, and in Decere""ft
Calcutta witnessed the arrival of 1,000 Europss;
soldiers, 1,500 Sepoys, and Robert Clive. Ina fe"ci
days the Commander had recovered the fort i's,c
retrieved our position ; but such a victory 10
insufficient, and to the mind of Clive it did not se
one
extravagant to project the dethronement of a Pri,131,0
who ruled over 30 millions of subjects and „"fio
fairest provinces of Hindostan. With his
Ef
force he marched towards Moorshedabad, and t'cf
followed that momentous crisis in which the fate
India was to be determined.
Surajah Dowlah had advanced from his eaPiho
as far as Plassy—a town lying a few miles to
east of the Soorool station on the East Indian 113„e
way. A river separated the two armies, and Owrif
uncertain of his position, and suspecting treachieda
in those who had promised treason, had to dec
whether he would stake the lives of his whole ibertic
and the very existence of British power in a ha"til,
with an adversary possessing 50 times his strenke
The Nabob had 40,000 infantry, not altoget'ot
ignorant of European discipline, 15,000 esol,lecli
cavalry, composed of the same material from 'rule
we raise our own irregulars, and 50 guns of lie
calibre. Clive had a single English Regiment/ -urc,
39th, mustering some 900 men, about 100
pean Artillerymen, half as many British sall°.,t
and some 2,000 Sepoys. It was a terrible moult;
for no man then knew the relative prowess of Yle
lish and native troops, and it was for Clive to
nle
the discovery at the hazard of his all. Never befo
that time, or after it, was he known to hesitstl
but he now called a Council of War, and, v(11,50
was still more extraordinary, he concurred in tt,
natural resolution of such a meeting not to flg,llo
But after the Council broke up he retired frovi yd..
tent and communed in solitude with a better sej
viser—his own daring spirit. The result apPo3cl
presently in a decisive order that the army eh°
pass the river.
There was nothing but this decision requi,recier;
The mountain vanished as he approached it. 11' ed.
was no fight, no struggle—scarcely any bloodsPil
O
He had taken the leap in the dark, and lie ecot,
himself, firm and unassailable, upon his 'soil
With a loss of 20 men on his own side andftso
500 on the side of his antagonist, he had upset;'
dominion of the Viceroy and transformed the
lish from tenants at will of Fort William ilitcVslo
vernors of Bengal. From that hour our if Ar
position in India was changed, and a career of tete
quest was inaugurated which difficulties and dig rye
have occasionally attended, but which no I'6'l'9o
has ever checked. The great Empire, of the yr
was opened to us by the victory of this very tot.
by the audacity and,
discernment which led go(
talion against a host which detected the /I°.` oir
ness of a barbaric show, and counted with c°ojt
dente on the British bayonet. Many have alai:
since, but Clive led the way. Others, 00 00$
lesly at Assaye, like Lake at Laswarree,, font
Gough at Chillianwallah, have encountereu., cote
more terrible realties, but Clive first aclvancects.
rageously against a monster on the perilous sreoe.
lation of finding a phantom. He founded the r jos
tation of the British arms, and with this repot! ire
the Empire of the East. It was not only thabod
rich province of Bengal passed into our harlds,,icol
gave us at once territorial dignity and moyare',{ls
power, but the example had been set and the Poe,
marked out. Clive has had many noble success
but the honour due to a founder is his alone.
on
And what is that he has founded I Not onyey
dominion from which we may import at our Poe
sure almost all the precious commodities of,„d•
world, but an empire in which thousands of Pt."?
lishmen of every generation can find scope for o'4,
enterprise and recompense for their toil.
colonies, and commerce have not been of more Seci
vice to us than this famous land, which does 1„.°1)
it is true, pour forth gold and diamonds, but Will:el!
by providing for the natural expansion of al3,o"re
venturous race, effects more than the mines of -Loil
could accomplish for the progress of the nation!ooy.
the happiness of the country. We need never .1 De
for revenue from India. 'No tribute that could%,ll
paid by one State to another would be half eclaio
in value to such n field of advancement as 113 of
supplies, and at this very time, indeed, soil Leo
the latest exertions of our legislators have ."tioe
occnpied in stimulating the honourable aroblhid
of youth by a better prospect of those prizes vi47],o
Clive first opened to Britain a century ago. 1,00
England then needed in the East was a malltllio
could so far outstrip his contemporaries as to iso
a true measure of Englishmen and Asiatics,.,er
could extend his views beyond the horizon of P",,sig
cantile contentment, who could dare everYtPtijti
before daring had been found safe, and who ei)t ono
realise by the inner vision of genius a conquilsoll
wonderful as to surpass ordinary belief. Ttiatowc
was forthcoming in Robert Clive, and all tuocer
nation owes to a founder of el-npire and a pi°
of glory is due from us to his memory.—Times*